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Member Since 1985
Paul Wessel
Professor Emeritus, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Professional Experience
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Professor Emeritus
1989 - Present
Education
Columbia University of New York City
Doctorate
1989
University of Oslo
Masters
1984
University of Oslo
Bachelors
1982
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Honors & Awards
Greg Leptoukh Lecture
Received December 2022
Union Fellow
Received January 2012
Citation
For his monumental and pioneering work in lithosphere dynamics, hotspots and plate tectonics, and geophysical data analysis.
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Publications
The Generic Mapping Tools and Animations for the Masses
Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) is a well‐known set of software originally developed for geosciences, allowing scientists in climate and solid ea...
June 16, 2024
Global Distribution and Morphology of Small Seamounts
April 06, 2023
Analysis of Pacific Hotspot Chains
May 16, 2022
Improved Bathymetric Prediction Using Geological Information...
February 03, 2022
Assessing Models for Pacific Absolute Plate and Plume Motion...
December 10, 2019
AGU Abstracts
GMT as a Library for Interface With Other Languages: The GMTMEX and Julia Wrappers, and Opportunities for Evolution
AGU 2024
union sessions | 09 december 2024
Joaquim M. Luis, Remko Scharroo, Walter H. Smith, ...
By evolving to keep up with user needs, the Generic Mapping Tools have served the science community flexibly for over 30 years. But times are changing...
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The Effective Elastic Thickness Along the Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount Chain and its Geodynamic Implications
AGU 2024
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 09 december 2024
Anthony B. Watts, Chong Xu, Paul Wessel, Brian Bos...
We have used seismic, gravity anomaly and bathymetry data, together with 3-dimensional elastic plate (flexure) models with spatially variable volcano ...
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Morphologic Models for the Growth and Decay of Volcanic Seamounts
SEAMOUNTS FROM BIRTH TO DEATH I ORAL
tectonophysics | 14 december 2022
Paul Wessel, Anthony B. Watts, Seung-Sep Kim, Davi...
Volcanic seamounts are among the most ubiquitous landforms on Earth. They are created near mid-ocean spreading ridge crests and are found in transform...
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Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2024
Member
Informatics Leptoukh Lecture Award Committee
2017 - 2018
Member
Tectonophysics Fellows Committee
2016 - 2018
Member
Tectonophysics Fellows Committee
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