Paul G. Richards
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| Born | March 1943 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (B.A.) California Institute of Technology (M.S., Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Theory of seismic wave propagation |
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| Fields | Seismology Geology Geophysics |
| Institutions | Columbia University |
Paul G. Richards (born March 1943) is an English-born, American
Education
Richards was born in
Academic career
From 1979 to 1996, Richards was Professor of Geological Sciences, Columbia University and from 1996 to present, he is Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University. Since 1997, he has been the Mellon Professor of the Natural Sciences, Columbia University. He has taken a number of academic leaves, including years in Washington working on
He co-authored with Keiiti Aki "Quantitative Seismology: theory and methods". He is the author of more than 130 peer-reviewed publications. He has an H-index of 21.[2] His most cited publications are Song and Richards (1996) (199 citations)[2] and Richards and Menke (1983) (169 citations).[2]
Honors
His professional memberships include the
Important publications
- Song, X., and P.G. Richards (1996), Seismological evidence for differential rotation of the Earth's inner core, Nature, 382, 221-224.
- Richards, P.G. and W. Menke (1983), The apparent attenuation of a scattering medium, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 73, 1005-1021.
- Keiiti Aki, Paul G. Richards (2002), Quantitative Seismology: Theory and Methods, University Science Books, 2002, ISBN 978-0-935702-96-5, 700 pages.
References
- ^ a b [1]Richards' homepage Accessed November 30, 2008
- ^ a b c [2] Web of Science Accessed November 30, 2008
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