Member Since 1986
Greg Hirth
Professor, Brown University
Professional Experience
Brown University
Professor
2007 - Present
Brown University
PhD., Assoc Professor, Geological Sciences
1991 - Present
Education
Doctorate
1991
Honors & Awards
Harry H. Hess Medal
Received December 2024
Francis Birch Lecture
Received December 2017
Union Fellow
Received January 2008
Publications
Repacking in Compacting Mushes at Intermediate Melt Fractions: Constraints From Numerical Modeling a...
Before large volumes of crystal poor rhyolites are mobilized as melt, they are extracted through the reduction of pore space within their correspon...
June 26, 2024
The Pressure‐ and Temperature‐Dependence of Thermal Pressuri...
August 13, 2023
AGU Abstracts
A global and interdisciplinary perspective on variations and dynamics of the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary
LITHOSPHERE-ASTHENOSPHERE SYSTEM: MODELS AND OBSERVATIONS II ORAL
study of earth's deep interior | 13 december 2024
Catherine Rychert, Yuhang Dai, Sinan Özaydin, Eric...
The transition from a rigid lithospheric plate to a weaker asthenosphere is a fundamental aspect of plate tectonic theory. A debate continues regardin...
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Exploring the Impact of Subducting Sediment Properties, Shear Heating, and Fluid Pressure on Seismic Activity in Subduction Zones Using MEFISTO
SUBDUCTION TOP TO BOTTOM: CONVERGENT MARGIN PROCESSES TRENCH TO ARC (ALEUTIANS/ALASKA AND BEYOND) III POSTER
tectonophysics | 13 december 2024
Chia Hsun Lin, Jiaqi Fang, Wei Mao, Emma Armstrong...
Seismic activity in subduction zones poses substantial hazards to densely populated cities located in these areas, necessitating a better understandin...
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Repacking in Compacting Mushes at Intermediate Melt Fractions: Constraints from Numerical Modeling and Phase Separation Experiments on Granular Media
TIMING AND DURATION OF MAGMATIC PROCESSES FROM MELT GENERATION TO ERUPTION II ORAL
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 12 december 2024
Darien Florez, Christian Huber, Susana Hoyos, Mate...
The mechanism by which crystal-melt mixtures separate is melt fraction sensitive and controls the physical and chemical evolution of crystal-melt aggr...
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Volunteer Experience
2015 - 2016
Immediate Past President
Tectonophysics Executive Committee
2013 - 2014
Member
Tectonophysics Fellows Committee
2013 - 2014
President
Tectonophysics Executive Committee
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