Faculty: Paul Wessel

• Professor
• Geophysics and Tectonics Division
• Office: POST 832
• 1680 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822
• Phone: (808) 956-4778 • Fax: (808) 956-5512
• E-mail: pwessel@hawaii.edu
• Website: Personal Website
• Publications: PDF

Research Fields

• Plate Tectonics
• Marine Geophysics
• Scientific Software Development

Reseach Topics

• GMT: The Generic Mapping Tools.
• Plate Tectonic Reconstructions and Hot Spot Fixity
• Improvement of marine geophysical data sets via data analysis
• Thermo-mechanical Evolution and Properties of Oceanic Lithosphere
• Flexural Deformation of Lithosphere at Seamounts, Fracture Zones, and Trenches
• The global seamount distribution
• Spatial and Temporal Variations of Intraplate Volcanism
• Analysis of Pacific-wide Tsunami Travel Times
• Development of Scientific Software

Research Themes

• Formation, motion and recycling of Earth's crust (the rock cycle)

Courses Commonly Taught

• Undergraduate
• GG250 Scientific Programming in Matlab
• GG413 Geological Data Analysis I
• Graduate
• GG 675 GMT: The Generic Mapping Tools
• GG 691 Geological Data Analysis II
• GG711 Advanced Plate Tectonics Seminar

Laboratories

• Lithosphere Geodynamics
• Plate Tectonics Laboratory (POST 832)