Donald W. Forsyth

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Donald "Don" W. Forsyth (* 1949 ) is an American geophysicist and seismologist . He is professor emeritus at Brown University .

Forsyth acquired in 1969 at Grinnell College a Bachelor in Physics in 1974 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to work Anisotropy and the structural evolution of the oceanic upper mantle at Frank Press a Ph.D. in geophysics. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory before becoming a professor of geosciences at Brown University in Providence , Rhode Island in 1977 . From 1993 to 1999 he was chair of the department .

Forsyth deals with marine geophysics and seismology. He researches the physical properties of tectonic plates , the nature of convection in the upper mantle and the processes that create new oceanic crusts on the mid-ocean ridge . Using numerous seismometers on the ocean floor and on land, he investigates seismic velocity structures and the anisotropy of the lithosphere and asthenosphere in order to uncover differences in temperature, composition and flow patterns that are related to the mantle convection and aging of tectonic plates.

Forsyth has an h-index of 58 (as of December 2018) . He is married to Roberta Ryan.

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  1. ↑ Donald Forsyth. In: scholar.google.de. Google Scholar , accessed December 26, 2018 .
  2. ^ Past Fellows. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, accessed July 5, 2019 .
  3. ↑ 1982 James B. Macelwane Medal Winner. In: agu.org. American Geophysical Union , accessed December 26, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Donald W. Forsyth. In: gf.org. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, accessed December 26, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Donald W. Forsyth. In: nasonline.org. National Academy of Sciences , accessed December 26, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter F. (PDF; 815 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Accessed December 26, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Sean C. Solomon: 2005 Arthur L. Day Medal. In: geosociety.org. Geological Society of America , accessed December 26, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Satish Singh: 2017 Maurice Ewing Medal Winner. In: agu.org. American Geophysical Union , December 13, 2017, accessed December 26, 2018 .
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SURNAME Forsyth, Donald W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Forsyth, Donald; Forsyth, Don
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American geophysicist and seismologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1949