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Paul Wessel
Professor Emeritus, University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Professional Experience
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Professor Emeritus
1989 - Present
Education
Columbia University
Doctorate
1989
University of Oslo
Masters
1984
University of Oslo
Bachelors
1982
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Crustal Structure Along and Surrounding the Hawaiian Islands: Volcanic Island Construction Across Scarred Oceanic Crust
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: SOLID EARTH
10 june 2025
Magma‐Assisted Flexure of Hawaiian Lithosphere Inferred From Three‐Dimensional Models of Lithospheric Flexure Constrained by Active Source Seismic Data
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: SOLID EARTH
10 june 2025
The Effective Elastic Thickness Along the Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount Chain and its Geodynamic Implications
OCEANIC MAGMATISM AND DYNAMICS: MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON HOT SPOTS AND SEAMOUNTS IV ORAL
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 09 december 2024
GMT as a Library for Interface With Other Languages: The GMTMEX and Julia Wrappers, and Opportunities for Evolution
THE IMPACT OF GMT IN THE EARTH, OCEAN, AND SPACE SCIENCES: WHAT’S NEXT? I ORAL
union sessions | 09 december 2024
The Generic Mapping Tools and Animations for the Masses
GEOCHEMISTRY, GEOPHYSICS, GEOSYSTEMS
16 june 2024
The Origins of the Generic Mapping Tools: From Table Tennis to Geoscience
PERSPECTIVES OF EARTH AND SPACE SCIENTISTS
17 march 2024
Global Distribution and Morphology of Small Seamounts
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
06 april 2023
Global Distribution of Small Seamounts from Satellite Gravity and Ship Soundings
SEAMOUNTS FROM BIRTH TO DEATH I ORAL
tectonophysics | 14 december 2022
Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2024
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Informatics Leptoukh Lecture Award Committee
2017 - 2018
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Tectonophysics Fellows Committee
2016 - 2018
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Tectonophysics Fellows Committee
Honors & Awards
Greg Leptoukh Lecture
Received December 2022
Union Fellow
Received January 2012
Citation
For his monumental and pioneering work in lithosphere dynamics, hotspots and plate tectonics, and geophysical data analysis.
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