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Member Since 1976
Richard G. Gordon
Professor, Rice University
Professional Experience
Stanford University
PhD
1979 - Present
Rice University
Professor
Honors & Awards
Francis Birch Lecture
Received December 1998
Union Fellow
Received January 1989
James B. Macelwane Medal
Received December 1989
Publications
Quantification of Pacific Plate Hotspot Tracks Since 80 Ma
The motion of the Pacific plate relative to Pacific hotspots produces age‐progressive chains of volcanoes. Methods of analysis of volcano loc...
July 01, 2022
Uncertainties in Trends of Young Hot Spot Tracks
June 18, 2019
Paleolatitude of the Hawaiian Hot Spot Since 48 Ma: Evidence...
November 08, 2018
AGU Abstracts
Non-closure of the Cocos-Nazca-Pacific Plate-Motion Circuit and Inferred Deformation of the Cocos Plate: Where Does it Occur and Is it Diffuse or Localized?
AGU 2024
geodesy | 10 december 2024
Richard G. Gordon, Tuo Zhang, Chengzu Wang
The largest plate-circuit non-closure on Earth occurs for the Cocos-Nazca-Pacific plate motion circuit, which was previously shown to fail closure by ...
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Comparison of Rates of Motion of Hotspots Relative to the Mean Hotspot Reference Frame from Track Trends and from Age Dates
FRONTIERS IN PALEOGEOGRAPHY III POSTER
geomagnetism, paleomagnetism and electromagnetism | 13 december 2023
Richard G. Gordon, Kevin Gaastra
We previously reported results from Monte Carlo inversion of the neotectonic rate of hotspot motion consistent with observed hotspot trends and object...
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Cenozoic and Late Cretaceous Apparent Polar Wander of the Pacific Plate: Implications for Pole Precision, True Polar Wander, and Plate Motion Circuits
FRONTIERS IN PALEOGEOGRAPHY I ORAL
geomagnetism, paleomagnetism and electromagnetism | 11 december 2023
Richard G. Gordon, Daniel Woodworth, Kevin Gaastra
The apparent polar wander (APW) path of the Pacific plate during Cenozoic and Late Cretaceous time has important paleogeographic, global tectonic, geo...
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Volunteer Experience
2018 - 2018
Chair
Ewing Medal Committee
2017 - 2018
Member
Honors and Recognition Committee
2015 - 2016
Immediate Past President
Geomagnetism, Paleomagnetism and Electromagnetism Executive Committee
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