Mark Zoback

Mark D. Zoback (* 1948 in Brooklyn ) is an American geophysicist .

Zoback studied at the University of Arizona (Bachelor's degree in 1969) and Stanford University , where he received his master's degree in 1973 and his doctorate in geophysics in 1975. From 1976 to 1984 he was a scientist for the US Geological Survey. Since 1984 he has been Professor of Geophysics at Stanford University. From 1991 to 1997 he headed the geophysics faculty.

He is married to the geologist Mary Lou Zoback , who also deals with tectonic issues.

Zoback is particularly concerned with geomechanics and stresses in the earth's crust, for example at the San Andreas Fault ( SAFOD Depth Observatory ) and studying active fault processes in Taiwan and in deep gold mines in South Africa. He also deals with the geomechanics of oil and gas deposits and environmental issues (such as carbon dioxide injection underground).

From 1981 to 1984 he was co-editor of the Journal of Geophysical Research . He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America , the American Geophysical Union , the National Academy of Engineering (2010), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science .

In 2006 he received the Emil Wiechert Medal and in 2008 the Walter H. Bucher Medal of the American Geophysical Union and in 2013 the Louis Néel Medal . He is an honorary member of the European Union of Geoscience (1999).

Fonts

• Reservoir Geomechanics , Cambridge University Press 2010, ISBN 978-0-521-14619-7
• Editor with Ulrich Harms, Christian Koeberl: Continental scientific drilling: a decade of progress and challenges for the future , Springer 2007

Web links

• Homepage ( Memento from March 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

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