ANDREW A. NYBLADE Department of Geosciences Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 Tel. (814) 863-8341 Fax (814) 863-7823 e-mail: andy@geosc.psu.edu PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION: 1982 B.A., Geology, Wittenberg University (Ohio) 1982 B.A., Earth Science Education, Wittenberg University (Ohio) 1985 M.S., Geophysics, University of Wyoming 1992 Ph.D., Geology, University of Michigan
APPOINTMENTS:
2007 Professor, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University 2002 - 2007 Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University 2004 – present Honorary Professor, The University of the Witwatersrand
2001-present Faculty Affiliate, Graduate Program in Acoustics, Pennsylvania State University 1997 – 2002 Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University 1994 - 1997 Assistant Professor (fixed term), Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University 1992 - 1993 National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University 1988 - 1991 Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan 1986 – 1988 Math and Physics Instructor, grades 9-12, International School Moshi, Moshi, Tanzania 1985 - 1986 Exploration Geophysicist, Exxon Co. U.S.A., Denver, Colorado 1982 - 1985 Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming SOME PUBLICATIONS SINCE 2002:
Park, Y., A. Nyblade, A. Rodgers, and A. Al-Amri, Upper mantle structure beneath the Arabian Peninsula from teleseismic body wave tomography: Implications for the origin of Cenozoic uplift, and volcanism in the Arabian Shield, Geophysics, Geochemistry and Geosystems,8, doi:10.1029/2006/GC001566, 2007 Dugda, M., A. Nyblade, and J. Julia, Thin lithosphere beneath Ethiopia and Djibouti revealed by a joint inversion of Rayleigh wave group velocities and receiver functions, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112. doi:10.1029/2006JB004918, 2007. Benoit, M. H., A. A. Nyblade, T. J. Owens, and G. Stuart, Mantle transition zone structure and upper mantle S velocity variations beneath Ethiopia: Evidence for a broad, deep-seated thermal anomaly, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 7, Q11013, doi:10.1029/2006GC001398, 2006. Watson, T., A. Nyblade, D. A. Wiens, S. Anandakrishnan, M. Benoit, P. J. Shore, D. Voigt, and J. VanDecar, P and S velocity structure of the upper mantle beneath the Transantarctic Mountains, East Antarctic craton, and Ross Sea from travel time tomography, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 7, Q07005, doi:10.1029/2005GC001238, 2006. Benoit, M. H., A. A. Nyblade, and J. C. VanDecar, Upper mantle P wave speed variations beneath Ethiopia and the origin of the Afar Hotspot, Geology,34, 329-332, 2006. Pollard, D., R. DeConto, and A. Nyblade, Sensitivity of Cenozoic Antarctic Ice Sheet Variations to Geothermal Heat Flux, Global and Planetary Change, 49, 63-74, 2005. Walker, K., A. Nyblade, G. Bokelmann, S. Klemperer, and T. Owens, On the relationship between extension and anisotropy: Constraints from shear-wave splitting across the East African Plateau, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, B080302, doi:10.1029/2003JB002866, 2004. Mareschal, J.C., A. Nyblade, H.K.C. Perry, C. Jaupart, and G.Bienfait, Heat flow and deep lithospheric thermal structure at Lac de Gras, Slave Province, Canada, Geophysical Research Letter, 31, L12611, doi:10.1029/2004GL020133, 2004. Brazier, R.A., and A.A. Nyblade, Upper mantle P velocity structure beneath the Baikal Rift from modeling regional seismic data, Geophysical Research Letters, 30, 1531, doi:10.1029/2002GL016116, 2003. Benoit, M., A.A. Nyblade, J. Vandecar, and H. Gurrola, Upper mantle P velocity structure and mantle transition zone thickness beneath the Arabian Shield, Geophysical Research Letters, 30, 1153, doi:10.1029/2002GL016436, 2003. Weeraratne, D.S., D.W. Forsyth, K.M. Fisher, and A.A. Nyblade, Evidence for an upper mantle plume beneath the Tanzanian Craton from Rayleigh wave tomography, Journal of Geophysical Research,108, doi: 10.1029/2002JB002273, 2003. Nyblade, A.A., and N.H. Sleep, Long lasting epeirogenic uplift from mantle plumes and the origin of the Southern African Plateau, Geophysics, Geochemisitry and Geosystems, 4, 1105 doi 10.1029/2003GC000573, 2003. Nyblade, A.A., and C. A. Langston, Broadband seismic experiments probe the East African rift, EOS Trans. AGU, 83, 405-408, 2002. Nyblade, A.A., and R.A. Brazier, Precambrian lithospheric controls on the development of the East African rift system, Geology, 30, 755-758, 2002. Nyblade, A.A., Crust and upper mantle structure in East Africa: Implications for the origin of Cenozoic rifting and volcanism and the formation of magmatic rifted margins, in Volcanic Rifted Margins, edited by M.A. Menzies, S.L. Klemperer, C.J. Ebinger, and J. Baker, Geol. Soc. Am, Spec. Pap. 362, 15-26, 2002. Langston, C.A., A.A. Nyblade and T.J. Owens, Regional wave propagation in Tanzania, East Africa, Journal of Geophysical Research, 107, 10.1029/2001JB000176, ESE 1-1 – 1-18, 2002.
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES: Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research, 1997 - 2000 Secretary, Executive Committee, Incorporated Research Institutes of Seismology, 2001 - 2004 Tectonics Editor, Books Board, American Geophysical Union, 2003 - present Chair, Geophysics Division, Geological Society of America, 1999-2000 Member, American Geophysical Union Member, Seismological Society of America Member, Geological Society of America ADVISING: Postdoctoral: Richard Brazier (now at Division of Mathematics, Penn State, Dubois)
Graduate Students: Robert Last, Thomas Battenhouse, Ronald Knox, Margaret Benoit, Juliette Florentin, Mulugeta Tuji, Yongcheol Park, Timothy Watson, Christopher Casler, David Yoxtheimer, Angela Larson, Aubreya Adams, Fred Tugume, Gabriel Mulibo
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