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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1998 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Mark A. Richards is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Geophysics and related sub-disciplines such as Atmospheric Science, Social Psychology, Safety Research, and Education.

The scholar's recent publications cover a range of topics within geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics, geology and paleoclimatology research, and earthquake and tectonic studies, along with aspects related to mentoring, academic development, career development, diversity, and higher education research studies.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by this researcher include:

  • The Magmatic Architecture of Continental Flood Basalts I: Observations From the Deccan Traps (2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth)
  • The Magmatic Architecture of Continental Flood Basalts: 2. A New Conceptual Model (2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth)
  • Postdocs as Key to Faculty Diversity: A Structured and Collaborative Approach for Research Universities (2022, Frontiers in Psychology)
  • Influence of the asthenosphere on earth dynamics and evolution (2023, Scientific Reports)
  • Buffering of mantle conditions through water cycling and thermal feedbacks maintains magmatism over geologic time (2022, Communications Earth & Environment)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this researcher include:

  • Tushar Mittal
  • A. Lenardic
  • Johnny Seales
  • Isabel Fendley
  • Colette Patt

Key publication venues for their work are:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Main topics addressed in their publications include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Mentoring and Academic Development
  • Career Development and Diversity
  • Higher Education Research Studies

Among the awards received, this scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) since 1998.

Best Publications

  • Flood Basalts and Hot-Spot Tracks: Plume Heads and Tails

    Mark A. Richards;Robert A. Duncan;Vincent E. Courtillot

  • Lower mantle heterogeneity, dynamic topography and the geoid

    Bradford H. Hager;Robert W. Clayton;Mark A. Richards;Robert P. Comer;Robert P. Comer

  • Geoid Anomalies in a Dynamic Earth

    Mark A. Richards;Bradford H. Hager

  • Synchrony and causal relations between permian-triassic boundary crises and siberian flood volcanism.

    Paul R. Renne;Michael T. Black;Zhang Zichao;Mark A. Richards

  • THE DYNAMICS OF CENOZOIC AND MESOZOIC PLATE MOTIONS

    Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni;Mark A. Richards

  • Hotspots, mantle plumes, flood basalts, and true polar wander

    Robert A. Duncan;M. A. Richards

  • Long-wavelength variations in Earth's geoid: physical models and dynamical implications

    B. H. Hager;M. A. Richards

  • A geodynamic model of mantle density heterogeneity

    Yanick Ricard;Mark Richards;Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni;Yves Le Stunff

  • State shift in Deccan volcanism at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, possibly induced by impact.

    Paul R. Renne;Paul R. Renne;Courtney J. Sprain;Courtney J. Sprain;Mark A. Richards;Stephen Self

  • A sensitivity study of three-dimensional spherical mantle convection at 108 Rayleigh number: Effects of depth-dependent viscosity, heating mode, and an endothermic phase change

    Hans-Peter Bunge;Mark A. Richards;John R. Baumgardner

  • Negative feedback regulation of IgE synthesis by murine CD23

    Philipp Yu;Marie Kosco-Vilbois;Mark Richards;Georges Köhler

  • Effect of depth-dependent viscosity on the planform of mantle convection

    Hans-Peter Bunge;Hans-Peter Bunge;Mark A. Richards;John R. Baumgardner

  • Large-scale mantle convection and the history of subduction

    Mark A. Richards;David C. Engebretson

  • Numerical investigations of the mantle plume initiation model for flood basalt events

    Cinzia G. Farnetani;Mark A. Richards

  • Dynamically supported geoid highs over hotspots - Observation and theory

    Mark A. Richards;Bradford H. Hager;Norman H. Sleep

  • Time Scales and Heterogeneous Structure in Geodynamic Earth Models

    Hans Peter Bunge;Mark A. Richards;Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni;John R. Baumgardner

  • Role of a low‐viscosity zone in stabilizing plate tectonics: Implications for comparative terrestrial planetology

    Mark A. Richards;Woo-Sun Yang;John R. Baumgardner;Hans-Peter Bunge

  • A regionalized national universal kriging model using Partial Least Squares regression for estimating annual PM2.5 concentrations in epidemiology.

    Paul D. Sampson;Mark Richards;Adam A. Szpiro;Silas Bergen

  • A Mantle Plume Initiation Model for the Wrangellia Flood Basalt and Other Oceanic Plateaus

    Mark A. Richards;David L. Jones;Robert A. Duncan;Donald J. Depaolo

  • Evidence for an ancient martian ocean in the topography of deformed shorelines

    J. Taylor Perron;J. Taylor Perron;Jerry X. Mitrovica;Michael Manga;Isamu Matsuyama

  • The history and dynamics of global plate motions

    Mark A. Richards;Richard G. Gordon;Robert Dirk van der Hilst

  • Mantle Convection

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Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Peter Bunge
Hans-Peter Bunge Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni
Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni University of California, Los Angeles
Michael Manga
Michael Manga University of California, Berkeley
Adam M. Dziewonski
Adam M. Dziewonski Harvard University
Paul R. Renne
Paul R. Renne Berkeley Geochronology Center
Walter Alvarez
Walter Alvarez University of California, Berkeley
Adrian Lenardic
Adrian Lenardic Rice University
Jerry X. Mitrovica
Jerry X. Mitrovica Harvard University
Adam A. Szpiro
Adam A. Szpiro University of Washington

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