Dr. Hersh Gilbert

Assistant Professor

E-mail: hersh@purdue.edu

Curriculum Vitae <pdf>

Education

BA - Washington University in St. Louis, 1996

Ph.D. - Geophysics, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2001

Research Interests

Subduction, mountain building, upper mantle structure, seismology, crustal deformation, continental growth, Sierra Nevada evolution

Professional Experience

  • 2006 - Present Purdue University
    Assistant Professor

  • 2002-2006 University of Arizona
    Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • 2001-2002 University of Colorado at Boulder, Postdoctoral Research Associate

Selected Publications <More>

  • Gilbert, H., C. Jones, T. J. Owens, and G. Zandt, Imaging Sierra Nevada Lithospheric Sinking, Eos, 88, 225-229, 2007.

  • Gilbert, H., A. A. Velasco, and G. Zandt, Preservation of Proterozoic terrane boundaries within the Colorado Plateau and implications for its tectonic evolution, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 258, 237-248, 2007.

  • Gilbert, H. , S. Beck, and G. Zandt, Lithospheric and upper mantle structure of central Chile and Argentina, Geophys. J. Int., 165, 383-398, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02867, 2006.

  • Frassetto, A., H. Gilbert, G. Zandt , S. Beck , and Matthew J. Fouch, Support of high elevation in the southern Basin and Range based on the composition and architecture of the crust in the Basin and Range and Colorado Plateau, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, In Press, 2006.

  • Calkins, J. A., G. Zandt, H. J. Gilbert, and S. L. Beck, Crustal images from San Juan, Argentina, obtained using high frequency local
    event receiver functions, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L07309,
    doi:10.1029/2005GL025516, 2006.