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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1977 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1973 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1971 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1967 - James B. Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Manik Talwani is affiliated with Rice University in the United States and works primarily within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research encompasses various subfields including Geology, Earth-Surface Processes, and Atmospheric Science.

Their academic contributions focus on topics such as Geological and Geophysical Studies, Geological formations and processes, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

  • The Bay of Bengal and the Curious Case of the Missing Rift (2020, Eos)
  • THE STRANGE STORY OF THE INDIAN OCEAN GEOID LOW (IOGL) (2022, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America)

Manik Talwani has collaborated with co-authors including M. Desa.

  • Eos
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Throughout their career, Manik Talwani has received recognition in the form of fellowships and awards. These include:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1977
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1973
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 1971
  • James B. Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union (AGU), 1967
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • Rapid gravity computations for two‐dimensional bodies with application to the Mendocino submarine fracture zone

    Manik Talwani;J. Lamar Worzel;Mark Landisman

  • Sea-Floor Spreading in the North Atlantic

    Walter C Pitman;Manik Talwani

  • Evolution of the Norwegian-Greenland Sea

    Manik Talwani;Olav Eldholm

  • Reykjanes ridge crest: A detailed geophysical study

    Manik Talwani;Charles C. Windisch;Marcus G. Langseth

  • Rapid computation of gravitational attraction of three-dimensional bodies of arbitrary shape

    Manik Talwani;William Maurice Ewing

  • Island arcs, deep sea trenches, and back-arc basins

    Manik Talwani;Walter C. Pitman;W. Maurice Ewing

  • Computation with the help of a digital computer of magnetic anomalies caused by bodies of arbitrary shape

    Manik Talwani

  • A crustal section across the Puerto Rico trench

    Manik Talwani;George H. Sutton;J. Lamar Worzel

  • Origin of seaward-dipping reflectors in oceanic crust off the Norwegian margin by “subaerial sea-floor spreading”

    John C. Mutter;Manik Talwani;Paul L. Stoffa

  • Gravity Anomalies Seaward of Deep-Sea Trenches and their Tectonic Implications*

    A. B. Watts;M. Talwani

  • Continental Margin off Norway: A Geophysical Study

    Manik Talwani;Olav Eldholm

  • Crustal structure of the mid‐ocean ridges: 2. Computed model from gravity and seismic refraction data

    Manik Talwani;Xavier Le Pichon;Maurice Ewing

  • Structural Framework and the Evolutionary History of the Continental Margin of Western India: Rifted Margins: Field Investigations of Margin Structure and Stratigraphy

    Bhoopal R. Naini;Manik Talwani

  • Deep Drilling Results in the Atlantic Ocean: Continental Margins and Paleoenvironment

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  • Structural Framework and the Evolutionary History of the Continental Margin of Western India

    Bhoopal R. Naini;Manik Talwani

  • Extinct triple junction south of Greenland and the Tertiary motion of Greenland relative to North America

    Yngve Kristoffersen;Manik Talwani

  • THE STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE GREENLAND-SCOTLAND RIDGE

    Martin H. P. Bott;Svend Saxov;Manik Talwani;Jörn Thiede

  • Venus Tectonics: Initial Analysis from Magellan

    Sean C. Solomon;James W. Head;William M. Kaula;Dan Mckenzie

  • Free-air gravity anomalies in the world's oceans and their relationship to residual elevation

    James R. Cochran;Manik Talwani

  • Evidence for a thick oceanic crust adjacent to the Norwegian Margin

    John C. Mutter;Manik Talwani;Paul L. Stoffa

  • Gravity anomalies and crustal section across the Tonga Trench

    Manik Talwani;J. Lamar Worzel;Maurice Ewing

Frequent Co-Authors

Olav Eldholm
Olav Eldholm University of Bergen
Maurice Ewing
Maurice Ewing Columbia University
John C. Mutter
John C. Mutter Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Paul L. Stoffa
Paul L. Stoffa The University of Texas at Austin
Xavier Le Pichon
Xavier Le Pichon Sorbonne University
Robert E. Houtz
Robert E. Houtz Columbia University
W. Steven Holbrook
W. Steven Holbrook Virginia Tech
Dennis E. Hayes
Dennis E. Hayes Columbia University
John Ewing
John Ewing Columbia University
James R. Cochran
James R. Cochran Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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