William Menke
Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Professional Preparation
| Massachusetts Inst. of Technology | Earth and Planetary Science | BS, MS 1976 |
| Columbia University | Geological Sciences | M.Phil 1978, PhD 1982 |
Appointments
| Chairman | Dept. Earth & Env. Sci., Columbia U. | 2002-2004 |
| Associate Chairman | Dept. Earth & Env. Sci., Columbia U. | 2002- |
| Professor | Columbia University | 1992- |
| Associate Director | Lamont-Doherty Earth Obs. | 1989-1992 |
| Associate Professor | Columbia University | 1986-1992 |
| Assistant Professor | Oregon St. University | 1982-1986 |
Relevant Publications
Menke, W., M. West and M. Tolstoy, 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, Geology 30, 359-362, 2002.
West, M., W. Menke. M. Tolstoy, S. Webb and R. Sohn, Magma storage
beneath Axial volcano on the Juan de Fuca mid-ocean ridge, Nature 25, 833-837, 2
001.
Menke, W., Crustal isostacy indicates anomalous densities beneath Iceland,
Geophys. res. Lett. 26, 1215-1218, 1999.
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.
Menke. W. and V. Levin, Cold crust in a hot spot, Geophys. Res. Lett. 21, 1967-1970, 1994.
Other Publications
Menke, W., The most dangerous volcano in the world, Earth Matters, Fall 1998, p 18-19 (not Peer Reviewed).
Menke, W., Geophysical Data Analysis: Discrete Inverse Theory, Revised Edition (textbook),
Academic Press, Inc., New York, 1989.
Menke, W. and D. Abbott, Geophysical Theory (Textbook), Columbia
University Press, 458p, 1989.
R. Staples, R. White, B. Brandsdottir, W. Menke, P. Maguire,
J. McBride and J. Smallwood, Faeroe-Iceland Ridge Experiment -- I.
The crustal structure of north-eastern Iceland, J. Geophys. Res. 102, 7849-7866, 1997.
Synergistic Activities
Seismological Field Experiments: SIST (Iceland), ONYNEX (NY-New England), Katla Volcano (Iceland), Krafla Volcano (Iceland), Baradalur '96 (Iceland), Grinsfjall Volcano (Iceland) '98, Axial Volcano (Juan de Fuca Ridge, 1999).
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.