John Vidale
John Emilio Vidale (Papanice (KR) Italia born March 15, 1959) is an American-born
Biography
Vidale was born in
In 2006, he moved to Seattle to direct the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network at the University of Washington.
In 2014, he became a project leader for the UW's M9 project, launched with the goal of preparing the region for the anticipated
He studied the relation of Earth tides and earthquakes - finding only the strongest tides noticeably effect the timing of earthquakes,[4] earthquake swarms - finding they are a more general phenomenon than he previously suspected,[5] the inner core - discovering high-frequency seismic waves scattered therein that offer a second line of evidence it is rotating about 0.2 degrees per year,[6][7] the stronger than expected healing of fault zones after an earthquake,[8] and various details of the seismic structure of the mantle.[9]
Vidale also contributed an improved method of ray tracing which relied on a finite-difference approximation of the eikonal equation and which has been used widely in both earthquake and reflection seismology.
References
- ^ "UW researchers helping region get ready for the next Big One | UW Today". www.washington.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
- ^ "Macelwane medal". Apr 21, 1994. Archived from the original on September 7, 2004. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
- ^ "John Vidale". Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "Wired". May 25, 2004. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
- ^ "India's national newspaper". The Hindu. Chennai, India. November 2, 2006. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
- ^ "American Scientist". Sep 2002. Archived from the original on October 7, 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
- ^ "Science Now". May 25, 2000. Archived from the original on September 12, 2004. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
- ^ "Science Daily Article". Feb 3, 2003. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
- ^ "Science Daily". Feb 12, 1998. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
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