William Menke
Professor of Earth and
Environmental Sciences
Professional Preparation
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Massachusetts Inst. of Technology |
Earth and Planetary Science |
BS, MS 1976 |
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Columbia University |
Geological Sciences |
M.Phil 1978, PhD 1982 |
Appointments
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Assoc. Chair |
Dept. Earth & Env. Sci |
2000-date |
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Professor |
Columbis University |
1992-date |
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Associate Director |
Lamont-Doherty Earth Obs. |
1989-1992 |
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Associate Professor |
Columbia University |
1986-1992 |
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Assistant Professor |
Oregon St. University |
1982-1986 |
Relevant Publications
Menke-W, Shallow
crustal magma chamber beneath the axial high of the Coaxial Segment
of Juan de Fuca Ridge at the "Source Site" of the 1993
eruption, submitted to Geology, 2001.
Menke, W. and D. Sparks,
Crustal accretion model for Iceland predicts 'cold' crust, Geophys.
Res. Lett., 1673-1676, 22, 1995.
Brandsdottir, B., W. Menke, P.
Einarsson, R. White and R. Staples, Faeroe-Iceland Ridge Experiment
-- II, Crustal structure of the Krafla central volcano, J. Geophys.
Res. 102, 7867-7886, 1997.
Hu., G., W. Menke and C. Powell,
Polarization tomography for P wave structure in southern California,
J. Geophys. Res. 99, 15245-15256, 1994.
Menke, W. and D. Abbott,
Geophysical Theory (Textbook), Columbia University Press, 458p, 1989.
Other Publications
Menke, W., Geophysical
Data Analysis: Discrete Inverse Theory, Revised Edition (textbook),
Academic Press, Inc., New York, 1989.
Menke, W., M. West, B.
Brandsdottir and D. Sparks, Compressional and shear velocity of the
lithosphere in northern Iceland, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 88, 1561-1571,
1998.
Abbott, D. H., W. Menke, M. Hobart, R. Anderson and R. W.
Embley, Correlated sediment thickness, temperature gradient and
excess pore pressure in a marine fault block basin, Geophysical
Research Letters 11, 485-488, 1984
Gudmundsson, O., B.
Brandsdottir, W. Menke and H. Olafsson, The magma chamber of Katla
volcano in the propagating volcanic zone of south Iceland revealed by
seismic undershooting, Geophys. J. Int. 119, 227-296, 1994.
Synergistic Activities
Seismological Field
Experiments: SIST (Iceland), ONYNEX (NY-New England), Katla
Undershooting (Iceland), FIRE (Iceland), Baradalur '96 (Iceland),
Axial Volcano (Juan de Fuca Ridge).
IRIS/PASSCAL Standing
Committee, 1996-1997
Development of 3-semester "The Earth
System" undergraduate course at Columbia University, 1994-1996.
Ridge Multibeam Synthesis Project and associated database, 1995.
Collaborators M. Brandon (Yale), B. Brandsdottir (U. Iceland), P. Einarsson (U. Iceland), V. Levin (Yale), J. Park (Yale), D. Sparks (TAMU), R. White (Cambridge)
Graduate Advisors A. Brecher (Undergraduate), P. Molnar (Masters), P. Richards (PhD)
Advisor and Sponsor V. Levin (Yale), M. West (LDEO), C. Rodriguez (LDEO). Total: 8.