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University of California San Diego: La Jolla, CA, US

1976-06-01 to present | Distinguished Professor (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
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John Orcutt

US Navy: Charleston, South Carolina, US

1966-06 to 1978 | Line Officer - Commander (Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of California San Diego: La Jolla, CA, US

1973-01-01 to 1976-06-01 | PhD (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
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University of Liverpool: Liverpool, Liverpool, GB

1966-08 to 1967 | MSc (Physical Chemistry)
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US Naval Academy: Annapolis, MD, US

1962-06 to 1966-06 | BS (Physics/Mathematics 3rd in class)
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Professional activities (35)

UNOLS: Washington, DC, US

2018 to present | Chair (Marine Seismic Research Oversight Committee (MSROC) & UNOLS Council)
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Chief of Naval Operations Task Force Ocean (TFO): Washington, DC, US

2017 to present | Member
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National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine: Washington, DC, US

2014 to present | Member (Science and Technology Experts Group (ISTEG))
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National Academy of Engineering: Washington, DC, US

2011 to present
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Royal Astronomical Society: London, GB

2005 to present | Honorary Fellow
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American Philosophical Society: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

2002 to present (Class 1: Mathematical and Physical Sciences)
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American Geophysical Union: Washington, DC, US

2014 to 2019 | Founding Editor of Earth and Space Science
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American Geophysical Union: Washington, DC, US

2014 to 2018 | Editor-in-Chief (Earth and Space Science)
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National Academy of Sciences: Washington, DC, US

2008 to 2011 | Chair, Review of NOAA Tsunami Warning System
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University of California San Diego: La Jolla, CA, US

2009 | Top 100 Influential Alumni
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University of California San Diego San Diego Supercomputer Center: La Jolla, CA, US

2008 | Distinguished Scholar
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Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System: San Diego, CA, US

2003 to 2008 | Chairman/Founder Board of Governors
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Integrated Ocean Driling Program: Washington, DC, US

2002 to 2008 | Board of Governors
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Joint Oceanographic Institutions: Washington, DC, US

1984 to 2008 | Board of Governors
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Marine Technology Society: Washington, DC, US

2007 | LockheedMartin Award for Ocean Science & Technology
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University of California San Diego: San Diego, CA, US

2006 to 2007 | Associate Vice Chancellor, Research Affairs (UCSD)
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American Geophysical Union: Washington D.C., District of Columbia, US

2004 to 2006 | President
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Scripps Instituion of Oceanography: La Jolla, CA, US

2002 to 2006 | Deputy Director
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Royal Astronomical Society: London, United Kingdom, GB

2005 | Honorary Fellow
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Marquis Who's Who LLC: Berkeley Heights, NJ, US

2005
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American Geophysical Union: Washington D.C., District of Columbia, US

1998 to 2002 | General Secretary
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Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics: La Jolla, CA, US

1984 to 2002 | Director (IGPP)
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Cecil H & Ida M. Green Foundtion for Earth Sciences: La Jolla, CA, US

1984 to 2002 | Vice President
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University of California San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography: La Jolla, CA, US

2000 | Top 100 Influential Alumni Register
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US Navy: Washington, DC, US

1996 | Secretary of the Navy/Chief of Naval Operations Oceanography Chair (Secretary of the Navy/Chief of Naval Operations)
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University of California San Diego: La Jolla, CA, US

1996 | Outstanding Alumnus of the Year
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Secretary of the Navy/Chief of Naval Operations: Washington, DC, US

1996 | SECNAV/ONR Chair
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American Academy for the Advancemnt of Science: Washington, DC, US

1994 | Newcomb-Cleveland Prize
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AGU & U.S. Navy: Washington, DC, US

1994 | Maurice Ewing Medal
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AGU: Washington, DC, US

1988 | Fellow
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American Association For The Advancement of Science: Washington D.C., District of Columbia, US

1980 | Newcomb-Cleveland Prize
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US Department of State: Washington, DC, US

1966-06 to 1966-09 | Summer College Intern
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Fulbright Association: Washington, DC, US

1966 | Fulbright Scholar at University of Liverpool
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US Naval Academy: Annapolis, MD, US

1966 to 1966 | Director (Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference)
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US Naval Academy: Annapolis, MD, US

1965 | Trident Scholar (Mathematics/Physics)
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Funding (1)

Construction of an ocean digital gateway through small satellites

2019-06 to 2020-06 | Contract
Office of Naval Research (VA, VA, US)
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N00014-19-1-2337
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John Orcutt

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Ocean Observatories: An Engineering Challenge

The Bridge
2018 | Journal article
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John Orcutt

An Ocean Bottom Seismic Observatory with Near Real-time Telemetry

Earth and Space Science
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/2015EA000137
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John Orcutt
grade
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Facilitating open exchange of data and information

Earth Science Informatics
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12145-014-0202-2
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John Orcutt

Multipurpose Acoustic Networks in the Integrated Arctic Ocean Observing System

Arctic
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.14430/arctic4449
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John Orcutt
grade
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Decreasing the radiated acoustic and vibration noise of both prop-driven and buoyancy-driven autonomous underwater vehicles

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
2014-12-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1121/1.4877142
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John Orcutt

Inversion of Seismic Refraction Data

Geophysical Monograph Series
2013-03-19 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1029/gm020p0371
Part of ISBN: 9781118663769
Part of ISBN: 9780875900209
Part of ISSN: 2328-8779
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John Orcutt

Asymmetric shallow mantle structure beneath the Hawaiian Swell - evidence from Rayleigh waves recorded by the PLUME network

2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05238.x
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John Orcutt

Mantle P-wave velocity structure beneath the Hawaiian hotspot

Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.01.004
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John Orcutt

Australian Antarctic Discordance as a simple mantle boundary

Geophysical Research Letters
2010-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1029/2010gl042621
Part of ISSN: 0094-8276
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John Orcutt

Mantle Shear-Wave Velocity Structure Beneath the Hawaiian Hot Spot

Science
2009-12-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.1180165
Part of ISSN: 0036-8075
Part of ISSN: 1095-9203
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John Orcutt

Collaborative data visualization for Earth Sciences with the OptIPuter

Future Generation Computer Systems
2006-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2006.03.023
Part of ISSN: 0167-739X
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John Orcutt

Seismic reflection images of the Moho underlying melt sills at the East Pacific Rise

Nature
2006-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/nature04939
Part of ISSN: 0028-0836
Part of ISSN: 1476-4687
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John Orcutt

Upper crustal structure and axial topography at intermediate spreading ridges: Seismic constraints from the southern Juan de Fuca Ridge

Journal of Geophysical Research
2005 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1029/2005jb003630
Part of ISSN: 0148-0227
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John Orcutt

Effects of tectonism and magmatism on crack structure in oceanic crust: A seismic anisotropy study

Geology
2004 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1130/g19962.1
Part of ISSN: 0091-7613
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John Orcutt

Results from OSNPE: Improved Teleseismic Earthquake Detection at the Seafloor

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
2004-10-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1785/012003088
Part of ISSN: 0037-1106
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John Orcutt

The Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP)

Oceanography
2003 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2003.29
Part of ISSN: 1042-8275
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John Orcutt

Data-intensive e-science frontier research

Communications of the ACM
2003-11-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1145/948383.948411
Part of ISSN: 0001-0782
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John Orcutt

Influence of enhanced melt supply on upper crustal structure at a mid-ocean ridge discontinuity: A three-dimensional seismic tomographic study of 9°N East Pacific Rise

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
2003-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1029/2002jb002163
Part of ISSN: 0148-0227
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Ocean Seismic Network Pilot Experiment

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
2003-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1029/2002gc000485
Part of ISSN: 1525-2027
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John Orcutt

The Visualization Center at Scripps Institution of Oceanography: Education and Outreach

Seismological Research Letters
2003-09-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.74.5.641
Part of ISSN: 0895-0695
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John Orcutt

A three-dimensional study of a crustal low velocity region beneath the 9°03′N overlapping spreading center

Geophysical Research Letters
2003-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl015137
Part of ISSN: 0094-8276
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Breathing of the seafloor: Tidal correlations of seismicity at Axial volcano

Geology
2002 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0503:botstc>2.0.co;2
Part of ISSN: 0091-7613
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John Orcutt

High Seas ROADNet: Internet at sea for oceanographic research

Sea Technology
2002 | Journal article
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John Orcutt

Upper mantle structure beneath the Hawaiian swell: Constraints from the ocean seismic network pilot experiment

Geophysical Research Letters
2002 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1029/2001gl013302
Part of ISSN: 0094-8276
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John Orcutt

Asymmetric melt sills and upper crustal low velocity region construction beneath overlapping ridge segments: Implications for the development of melt sills and ridge crests

Geology
2002-01 | Journal article
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John Orcutt

Three-dimensional shallow crustal emplacement at the 9°03′N overlapping spreading center on the East Pacific Rise: Correlations between magnetization and tomographic images

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
2001-08-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1029/2001jb000371
Part of ISSN: 0148-0227
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Contrast in crustal structure across the Clipperton transform fault from travel time tomography

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
2001-06-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900459
Part of ISSN: 0148-0227
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John Orcutt

Excitation of T-phases by seafloor scattering

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
2001-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1121/1.1361057
Part of ISSN: 0001-4966
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John Orcutt

Hybrid shortest path and ray bending method for traveltime and raypath calculations

GEOPHYSICS
2001-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444955
Part of ISSN: 0016-8033
Part of ISSN: 1942-2156
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John Orcutt

T-phase Observations in Northern California: Acoustic to Seismic Coupling at a Weakly Elastic Boundary

Pure and Applied Geophysics
2001-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/pl00001193
Part of ISSN: 0033-4533
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John Orcutt
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Broadband seismology in the oceans: Lessons from the Ocean Seismic Network Pilot Experiment

Geophysical Research Letters
2001-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1029/2000gl011638
Part of ISSN: 0094-8276
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John Orcutt
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Long-Term Observations in Acoustics—The Ocean Acoustic Observatory Federation

Oceanography
2000 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2000.35
Part of ISSN: 1042-8275
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John Orcutt

Evidence from three-dimensional seismic reflectivity images for enhanced melt supply beneath mid-ocean -ridge discontinuities

Nature
2000-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/35020543
Part of ISSN: 0028-0836
Part of ISSN: 1476-4687
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John Orcutt

Seismoacoustic recordings of a spreading episode on the Mohns Ridge

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
2000-05-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900011
Part of ISSN: 0148-0227
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John Orcutt

Seafloor seismic stations perform well in study

Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union
1999 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1029/99eo00404
Part of ISSN: 0096-3941
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John Orcutt

Seismic evidence for a hydrothermal layer above the solid roof of the axial magma chamber at the southern East Pacific Rise

Geology
1999 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0219:sefahl>2.3.co;2
Part of ISSN: 0091-7613
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John Orcutt

First results from the Hawaiian SWELL Pilot Experiment

Geophysical Research Letters
1999-11-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1029/1999gl005401
Part of ISSN: 0094-8276
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John Orcutt

Seismic signals and noise recorded on an seafloor vertical hydrophone array and a co-located OBS during the LFASE Experiment

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
1999-04 | Journal article
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John Orcutt

AGU's electronic publishing strategies

Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union
1998 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1029/98eo00019
Part of ISSN: 0096-3941
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John Orcutt

Melt to mush variations in crustal magma properties along the ridge crest at the southern East Pacific Rise

Nature
1998-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/29740
Part of ISSN: 0028-0836
Part of ISSN: 1476-4687
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John Orcutt

A two-dimensional tomographic study of the Clipperton transform fault

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
1998-08-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1029/98jb00904
Part of ISSN: 0148-0227
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John Orcutt

Short and long baseline tiltmeter measurements on axial seamount, Juan de Fuca Ridge

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
1998-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9201(98)00091-0
Part of ISSN: 0031-9201
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John Orcutt
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Crustal structure of the flanks of the East Pacific Rise: Implications for overlapping spreading centers

Geophysical Research Letters
1998-06-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1029/98gl51590
Part of ISSN: 0094-8276
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John Orcutt
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Imaging the Deep Seismic Structure Beneath a Mid-Ocean Ridge: The MELT Experiment

Science
1998-05-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5367.1215
Part of ISSN: 0036-8075
Part of ISSN: 1095-9203
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John Orcutt

Mantle Seismic Structure Beneath the MELT Region of the East Pacific Rise from P and S Wave Tomography

Science
1998-05-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5367.1224
Part of ISSN: 0036-8075
Part of ISSN: 1095-9203
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John Orcutt

Migration of backscatter data from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
1998-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1121/1.421332
Part of ISSN: 0001-4966
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John Orcutt

Deepening of the axial magma chamber on the southern East Pacific Rise toward the Garrett Fracture Zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
1997-02-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1029/96jb03226
Part of ISSN: 0148-0227
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John Orcutt

Recording teleseismic earthquakes using ocean-bottom seismographs at mid-ocean ridges

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
1995 | Journal article
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John Orcutt

Is the ocean floor a fractal?

Mathematical Geology
1995-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/bf02084611
Part of ISSN: 0882-8121
Part of ISSN: 1573-8868
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John Orcutt

Seismic Images of Active Magma Systems Beneath the East Pacific Rise Between 17 05' and 17 35'S

Science
1995-04-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.268.5209.391
Part of ISSN: 0036-8075
Part of ISSN: 1095-9203
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John Orcutt
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