Einat Aharonov

Division of Geology and Geophysics
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Palisades, NY 10964
phone: 914-365-8439
FAX: 914-365-8150
e-mail: einat@ldeo.columbia.edu
December, 1998.

Education

Ph.D. in Marine Geology and Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/ Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program, 1996

Doctoral Thesis: Solid-fluid interactions in porous media: processes that form rocks.'' Advisors: Prof. Daniel H. Rothman (MIT) and Dr. Peter B. Kelemen (WHOI)

B.Sc. in Geophysics, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Israel. (1989)

Honors and Awards

1998, Storke-Doherty Lectureship.

1996, Lamont Post-doctoral Fellowship.

1989, Deans list, Tel-Aviv University.

1989, Magna cum Laude, Tel-Aviv University.

Research Interests

Effects of micro-scale processes (chemical and physical) on geological, geophysical and hydrological phenomena. Fluid flow in reactive porous media. Melting and magma dynamics. Diagenesis of sedimentary rocks. Formation of over-pressurized zones in sedimentary basins. Dynamics of granular materials. Friction and fault evolution. Landslides.

Employment

1998 - present:

Storke-Doherty Lecturer, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory

1996 - 98:

Post-doctoral Fellow, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory

1990 - 95:

Research assistant, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA.

1993:

Teaching assistant in Chaos and Complexity, MIT, Cambridge, MA. An introduction to the theory and phenomenology of dissipative systems.

1988 - 90:

Research assistant, Dept. of Geophysics, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.

Invited Talks

1998: Keynote speaker in Fluid/Rock Interactions Conf. (Oslo, Norway)

1997: Princeton University, Stanford University.

1996: Yale University.

1995: Weizmann Institute, Brown University.

Service and Committees

1999: Planning committee of LDEO

1998: Organizing Lamont Earth Science Colloquium series

1998: Salary support committee LDEO

1998: Co-organizer of ``Physics of landslides and avalanches'' session, AGU spring meeting, Boston, 1998.

1997: Organized SG&T seminar series

1997: Advised a physics undergraduate student in thesis on ``Experimental studies of landslide motion''

Professional societies

American Geophysical Union

Funded Projects

[NSF EAR98-04855] ``The physics of gouge-filled fault zones'' (with Dave Sparks), $183,000, (1998).

[NSF RIDGE OCE95-30307] ``Causes and consequences of flow organization during melt transport'' (with Marc Spiegelman), $270,769, (1996).

Publications

Spiegelman M., E. Aharonov, and P. Kelemen `` The Compaction Reaction: Magma Channel Formation by Reactive Flow in Deformable Media'', in review, (1999).

Aharonov, E., and D. Sparks `` Rigidity Phase Transition in Granular Packings'', Physical Review E, 60, 6890-6896, (1999).

Aharonov, E., E. Tentheroy, and C. Scholz ``Precipitation sealing and diagenesis: 2.Theoretical analysis'', Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 23,969-23,981, (1998).

Tentheroy E., C. Scholz, E. Aharonov, and A. Leger ``Precipitation sealing and diagenesis: 1.Experimental results'', Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 23,951-23,968, (1998).

Kelemen, P., and E. Aharonov, ``Periodic formation of magma fractures and generation of layered gabbros in the lower crust beneath oceanic spreading centers'', in Faulting and Magmatism at Mid-Ocean Ridges, Geophysical Monograph v. 106, AGU Monographs, (1998).

Gal D., A. Nur, and E. Aharonov ``Stability of pressure solution surfaces'', Geophysical Research Letters, 25, 1237-1240, (1998).

Aharonov, E., M. Spiegelman and P. Kelemen ``3D flow and reaction in porous media (with implications for the Earth's mantle and sedimentary basins)'', Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, 14,821-14,831, (1997).

Aharonov, E., A. Thompson, and D. H. Rothman ``Transport properties and diagenesis in sedimentary rocks: the role of micro-scale geometry'', Geology, 25, 547-550, (1997).

Aharonov, E. ``Solid-fluid Interactions: Processes that form rocks'', PhD Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (1996).

Aharonov, E. and Rothman, D., ``Growth of correlated pore-scale structures in sedimentary rocks'', Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, 2973-2987, (1996).

Aharonov, E., Whitehead, J., Kelemen, P. and Spiegelman, M., ``Channeling instability of upwelling melt in the mantle'', Journal of Geophysical Research, 100, 20,433-20,450, (1995).

Kelemen, P., Whitehead, J., Aharonov, E., and Jordahl, K., ``Experiments on flow focusing in soluble porous media: application to melt extraction from the mantle'', Journal of Geophysical Research , 100, 475-496, (1995).

Aharonov, E. and Rothman, D., ``Non-Newtonian flow (through porous media): a lattice Boltzmann method'', Geophysical Research Letters, 20, 679-682, (1993).

Meeting Presentations

Aharonov, E., and Sparks, D. `` The transition between frictional and collision dominated granular flow'',AGU spring meeting, Boston, MA, May 1998. Abstracted in EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 79(17) ,332, (1998).

Aharonov, E, ``Transport properties and diagenesis: the role of micro-scale geometry'', 1998 symposium on fluid-rock interactions, Oslo, Norway, April, 1998.

Aharonov, E, ``The evolution of porous media due to coupled flow and reaction'', 1998 symposium on fluid-rock interactions, Oslo, Norway, April, 1998.

Tentheroy E., E. Aharonov, C. Scholz, and A. Leger ``Precipitation sealing and diagenesis: Experiments and Theory'', 2nd Gordon Conference on Rock Deformation, Colby-Sawyer College, NH, August 1997.

Aharonov, E., Spiegelman, M, and Kelemen, P., ``Coupled Flow and Reaction in porous media (with implications for the Earth's mantle and sedimentary basins)'', 2nd Gordon Conference on Rock Deformation, Colby-Sawyer College, NH, August 1997.

Galmudi D., Nur A. and Aharonov, E. ``Stability analysis of pressure solution surfaces'', 2nd Gordon Conference on Rock Deformation, Colby-Sawyer College, NH, August 1997.

Sparks D., Aharonov E., and C. Scholz , ``The development of fault zone features during shear, from discrete numerical models'', Symposium on Localization phenomena and dynamics of brittle and granular systems, Columbia University, NY, August 1997.

Aharonov, E., ``Flow and reaction in porous media: General results and implications for geological systems'' AGU fall meeting, San-Francisco, CA, December 1996. Abstracted in EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union,, 77(46), 235, (1996).

Spiegelman M., Aharonov, E., and P. Kelemen, ``The compaction reaction: Magma channel formation by reactive flow in deformable media'' AGU fall meeting, San-Francisco, CA, December 1996. Abstracted in EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union,, 77(46), 783, (1996).

P. Kelemen, Aharonov, E., K. Kuga, N. Shimizu, and J. Whitehead, ``Implications of gabbro sills in the crust/mantle transition zone of the Oman ophiolite'' AGU fall meeting, San-Francisco, CA, December 1996. Abstracted in EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union,, 77(46), 836, (1996).

Aharonov E. and D. Rothman, ``from grains to rocks: a mysterious transition'', V.M. Goldschimdt Conference, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, May 1995.

Aharonov E. and D. Rothman, ``Growth of correlated pore-scale structures in rocks'', V.M. Goldschimdt Conference, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, May 1995.

Aharonov, E., Whitehead, J., Kelemen, P., and Spiegelman, M. ``The reactive infiltration instability: Implications for focusing of melt beneath mid-ocean ridges.'' AGU fall meeting, San-Francisco, CA, December 1994. Abstracted in EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 75(44), 744, (1994).

Aharonov, E., Whitehead, J. and Kelemen, P. ``Channeling instability of melt flowing through the reactive decompressing mantle'', 20th International Conference on Mathematical Geophysics, Nice, France, June 1994.

Aharonov, E., and Rothman, D., ``Roughness in rocks'', 20th International Conference on Mathematical Geophysics, Nice, France, June 1994.

Whitehead, J., Kelemen, P., Aharonov, E., and Jordahl, K., ``Channel formation or dispersion of melt in a partially soluble mantle'', AGU fall meeting, San-Francisco, California, December 1993. Abstracted in EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union , 75, 684, (1993).

Aharonov, E., and Rothman, D., ``Non-Newtonian flow (through porous media): a lattice Boltzmann method'', NATO advanced research workshop on Pattern formation and lattice gas automata, Waterloo, Canada, June 1993.

Aharonov, E., and Rothman, D., ``A lattice Boltzmann model for non-Newtonian fluids'', 19th International Conference on Mathematical Geophysics, Taxco, Mexico, June 1992.