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  • 2001 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Stephen P. Grand is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily falls within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specialized focus on Geophysics. Additional subfields of study include Oceanography, Geology, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies

Stephen P. Grand has contributed to several publication venues with a frequency noted in the following journals and series:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Science Bulletin
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Geology

Some of their recent papers include:

  • A high-resolution seismic velocity model for East Asia using full-waveform tomography: Constraints on India-Asia collisional tectonics, 2024, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • The Sensitivity of Joint Inversions of Seismic and Geodynamic Data to Mantle Viscosity, 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Fragmentation of continental subduction is ending the Himalayan orogeny, 2023, Science Bulletin
  • On the relationship between the uppermost mantle (≤220 km) seismic velocity, crustal thickness, and topography in Tibet, 2024, Geology
  • Seismic full-waveform tomography of active cratonic thinning beneath North America consistent with slab-induced dripping, 2025, Nature Geoscience

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Stephen P. Grand include:

  • Chujie Liu
  • Eric Sandvol
  • Xiaofeng Liang
  • Rupak Banerjee
  • Supriyo Mitra

In 2001, Stephen P. Grand was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Best Publications

  • High resolution global tomography : a snapshot of convection in the Earth

    S.P. Grand;R.D. van der Hilst;S. Widiyantoro

  • Global seismic tomography: A snapshot of convection in the earth

    Stephen P. Grand;Rob D. Van Der Hilst;Sri Widiyantoro

  • Mantle shear structure beneath the Americas and surrounding oceans

    Stephen P. Grand

  • The lithospheric architecture of Africa: Seismic tomography, mantle petrology, and tectonic evolution

    G. C. Begg;W. L. Griffin;L. M. Natapov;Suzanne Y. O'Reilly

  • GyPSuM: A joint tomographic model of mantle density and seismic wave speeds

    Nathan A. Simmons;Alessandro M. Forte;Lapo Boschi;Stephen P. Grand

  • Upper mantle shear structure of North America

    Stephen P. Grand;Donald V. Helmberger

  • Dynamic topography and long-term sea-level variations: There is no such thing as a stable continental platform

    Robert Moucha;Alessandro M. Forte;Jerry X. Mitrovica;David B. Rowley

  • Tomographic Inversion for Shear Velocity Beneath the North American Plate

    Stephen P. Grand

  • Low-velocity zone atop the 410-km seismic discontinuity in the northwestern United States

    Teh-Ru Alex Song;Don. V. Helmberger;Stephen P. Grand

  • Changbaishan volcanism in northeast China linked to subduction-induced mantle upwelling

    Youcai Tang;Youcai Tang;Masayuki Obayashi;Fenglin Niu;Fenglin Niu;Stephen P. Grand

  • GRACE detects coseismic and postseismic deformation from the Sumatra‐Andaman earthquake

    J. L. Chen;C. R. Wilson;B. D. Tapley;S. Grand

  • Joint seismic, geodynamic and mineral physical constraints on three-dimensional mantle heterogeneity: Implications for the relative importance of thermal versus compositional heterogeneity

    Nathan A. Simmons;Alessandro M. Forte;Stephen P. Grand

  • Time Scales and Heterogeneous Structure in Geodynamic Earth Models

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

  • Seismic Structure of the Upper Mantle Beneath Eastern Asia From Full Waveform Seismic Tomography

    Kai Tao;Kai Tao;Stephen P. Grand;Fenglin Niu;Fenglin Niu

  • Joint seismic-geodynamic-mineral physical modelling of African geodynamics: A reconciliation of deep-mantle convection with surface geophysical constraints

    Alessandro M. Forte;Sandrine Quéré;Robert Moucha;Nathan A. Simmons

  • Mesozoic plate-motion history below the northeast Pacific Ocean from seismic images of the subducted Farallon slab

    Hans Peter Bunge;Stephen P Grand

  • Thermochemical structure and dynamics of the African superplume

    Nathan A. Simmons;Alessandro M. Forte;Stephen P. Grand

  • Dynamic Topography Change of the Eastern United States Since 3 Million Years Ago

    David B. Rowley;Alessandro M. Forte;Robert Moucha;Jerry X. Mitrovica

  • Small-scale convection at the edge of the Colorado Plateau: Implications for topography, magmatism, and evolution of Proterozoic lithosphere

    J. W. van Wijk;W. S. Baldridge;J. van Hunen;S. Goes

  • TX2019slab: A New P and S Tomography Model Incorporating Subducting Slabs

    Chang Lu;Stephen P. Grand;Hongyu Lai;Edward J. Garnero

  • Upper mantle convection beneath the central Rio Grande rift imaged by P and S wave tomography

    Wei Gao;Stephen P. Grand;W. Scott Baldridge;David Wilson

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandro M. Forte
Alessandro M. Forte University of Florida
James Ni
James Ni New Mexico State University
David B. Rowley
David B. Rowley University of Chicago
Fenglin Niu
Fenglin Niu Rice University
Jerry X. Mitrovica
Jerry X. Mitrovica Harvard University
Hitoshi Kawakatsu
Hitoshi Kawakatsu University of Tokyo
Richard C. Aster
Richard C. Aster Colorado State University
Edward J. Garnero
Edward J. Garnero Arizona State University
Donald V. Helmberger
Donald V. Helmberger California Institute of Technology
W. Scott Baldridge
W. Scott Baldridge Los Alamos National Laboratory

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