Dr. Scott King

Professor

E-mail: sking@purdue.edu

Associated Website(s) : Personal Website, Geodynamics & Active Tectonics (GAT)

Education

Ph.D.- California Institute of Technology.

Research Interests

Mantle convection, Cluster Computing, Planetary Science

Teaching Interests

Parallel Computing, Numerical Methods for Viscous Flow, Global Tectonics, Planetary Geology

EAS 556 Planetary Geology

EAS 591 Gravity and Geodesy

Awards and Honors

2004 University Faculty Scholar

Professional Experience

  • Professor of Geophysics, Purdue University, September 2002 - present.

  • Associate Professor of Geophysics, Purdue University, September 1997- 2002.

  • Assistant Professor of Geophysics, Purdue University, January 1992 - August 1997.

  • Green Scholar Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, October 1990 - December 1991.

Selected Publications

  • King, S. D., Hotspots and Edge Driven Convection, Geology, 35, 223-226, 2007.

  • King, S. D., North Atlantic Topographic and Geoid Anomalies: The
    Result of a Narrow Ocean Basin and Cratonic Roots? in Foulger, G.R.,
    Natland, J.H., Presnall, D.C., and Anderson, D.L., eds., Plates,
    Plumes, and Paradigms: Geological Society of America Special
    Publication 388, 653-664, 2005.

  • Koglin Jr., D. E., S. Ghias, S. D. King, G. T. Jarvis, J. P. Lowman,  
    Mantle Convection with Mobile Plates: A Benchmark Study, Geochem.  
    Geophys. Geosyst., 6, Q09003, doi:10.1029/2005GC000924, 2005.
    King, S. D., Archean Cratons and Mantle Dynamics, Earth Planet. Sci.  
    Lett. Frontiers, 234, 1-14, 2005.

  • van Keken, P. E., and S. D. King, Thermal Structure and Dynamics of  
    Subduction Zones: Insights from Observations and Modeling, Phys.  
    Earth Planet. Int., 149, 1-6, 2005.

  • Redmond, H. L and S.D. King, A numerical study of a mantle plume  
    beneath the Tharis Rise: Reconciling dynamic uplift and lithospheric  
    support models,  J. Geophys. Res., 109, E09008, 2004.

  • Lowman, J.P., S.D. King, and C.W. Gable, Steady plumes in viscously  
    stratified, vigorously convecting, 3D numerical mantle convection  
    models with mobile plates, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 5(1),  
    10.1029/2003GC000583, 2004.