T007
Francis Birch Lecture
Francis Birch Lecture
Session ID#: 163010
Session Description:
The Francis Birch Lecture honors the life and work of the renowned geophysicist, who work was concerned chiefly with elasticity, phase relations, thermal properties and heat flow, and the composition of the Earth’s interior. The Birch Lecture is also a part of the Bowie Lecture series, which was inaugurated in 1989 to commemorate the 50th presentation of the William Bowie medal, which is AGU’s highest honor and named for its first president. Birch is a past recipient of the William Bowie medal.
Index Terms:
8199 General or miscellaneous [TECTONOPHYSICS]
Primary Convener: Dan Faulkner, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Convener: Jean-Philippe Avouac, California Institute of Technology, Seismological Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener: Dan Faulkner, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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