Title
Professor

Department
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science


Faculty URL
http://eps.berkeley.edu/people/mark-richards

Email
Mark_Richards@berkeley.edu

Phone
(510) 642-8560

Fax
(510) 643-9980


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Research Expertise and Interest
crustal deformation, earth & planetary sciences, mantle convection, large-scale mantle structure, rotational dynamics & gravity fields of terrestrial planets, history & dynamics of global plate motions, igneous processes in the mantle and deep crust

Research Description
Mark Richards received his B.S. in Engineering Science from the University of Texas, Austin in 1977, his M.S. in Applied Physics from Cal Tech in 1978, and his Ph.D. in Geophysics, also from Cal Tech, in 1986.
His current research involves mantle convection and large-scale mantle structure, rotational dynamics and gravity fields of terrestrial planets, the history and dynamics of global plate motions, igneous processes in the mantle and deep crust, and regional crustal deformation and earthquake hazards.