J. Brian Evans
James Brian Evans (* 1946 ) is an American geophysicist.
Evans received his PhD in geophysics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1978 with Chris Goetze and William (Bill) Brace . He was then an assistant professor at Princeton University before returning to MIT in 1983 and receiving a full professorship there in 1993.
Among other things, he was visiting scientist at the Geo Research Center Potsdam and the University of Montpellier.
He studies the rheology of rocks at high pressure and temperature as a function of a wide range of parameters and the relationship between deformation and transport and chemistry of liquids in rock.
In 2008 he received the Louis Néel Medal for groundbreaking research on the rheology of rocks, his elegant experiments based on fundamentals in physics and materials science, and his discoveries of the connection between deformation and fluid transport in a number of geophysical situations (laudation).
Fonts
- with Goetze Stress and temperature in the bending lithosphere as constrained by experimental rock mechanics , Geophysical J. Roy. Astron. Soc., 59, 1979, 463-478
- with Goetze Temperature variation of hardness of olivine and its implication for polycrystalline yield stress , J. Geophys. Res., 84, 1979, 5505-5524
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Laudatory speech
- ↑ path-breaking research on the rheology of rocks, his elegant experiments based on physics and materials science, and his discoveries in the relationship between deformation and fluid transport in a variety of geophysical environments
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Evans, J. Brian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Evans, James Brian (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American geophysicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1946 |