Norman Sleep, Stanford University
Professor
Stanford, California
NORM@stanford.edu
Office:
(650) 723-0882
(650) 723-4746
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Bio/Research
I apply heat and mass transfer to physical processes within the Earth. I am currently studying convection at the base of the lithosphere and the interaction of the lithosphere with mantle plume material. Hot plume material locally thins the lithosphere and ponds within preexisting regions of thin...
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I apply heat and mass transfer to physical processes within the Earth. I am currently studying convection at the base of the lithosphere and the interaction of the lithosphere with mantle plume material. Hot plume material locally thins the lithosphere and ponds within preexisting regions of thin lithosphere. I am also investigating the microphysics of friction. I am currently applying the results to nonlinear attenuation and ground damage by strong seismic waves. I am currently considering pre-photosynthetic sources of energy for life (like hydrogen from serpentine and methanogenesis) and the effects of photosynthetic ecology on surface and tectonic processes.
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