Amber Harris
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Educational Background
BS Applied Geophysics
PhD Geological Oceanography
Michigan Technological University
University of Rhode Island
2002
Areas of Specialization
Research
Research Interests: Numerical and laboratory modeling of solid earth processes. Integration of models and observations. Dissertation Topic: Numerical and analogue modeling of mantle plumes, including a two-layer recycled oceanic lithosphere component. Supervisor: Dr. Chris Kincaid.Publications:
Funded Proposals:
JOI/USSSP-IODP: "P-Wave Velocity Measurements of Discrete, Hard Rock Samples Returned to in situ Conditions." IODP Exp304/305: Ocean Core Complex Formation, Atlantis Massif.
Journal Articles:
Harris, A., Kincaid, C., Heterogeneous, Thermo-chemical Plumes: Linking Recycled Oceanic Lithosphere and Head/Tail Signature Variability (in prep)
Collins, J. A., Blackman, D. K., Harris, A., Carlson, R. L., Seismic and Drilling Constraints on Velocity Structure and Reflectivity near IODP Hole U1309D on the Central Dome of Atlantis Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge 30 N (submitted, G-cubed)
Abstracts:
Harris, A., Kincaid, C., Modeling the Effects of the 670km Boundary on the Dispersion of Plume Heads Within the Upper Mantle (abs.): AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December, 2003. (poster)
Harris, A., Kincaid, C., The Evolution of Small, Cool Plumes in the Mantle (abs.), EOS Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 85(17): Jt. Assem., Montreal, Canada, Spring, 2004. (talk)
Harris, A., Kincaid, C., Laboratory Experiments Concerning Upwellings From the Slab-Graveyard: Implications For Geochemical and Seismic Models (abs.): AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December, 2005. (poster)
Harris, A., Kincaid, C., The Many Potential Faces of Buoyant Mantle Upwellings: Diversity Within the Plume Family (abs.): Chapman Conference: The Great Plume Debate: The Origin and Impact of LIPs and Hotspots, Fort William, Scotland, September, 2005. (poster)
Harris, A., Naliboff, J., Prytulak, J., Vanacore, E., Cooper, K. M., Hart, S., Kellogg, L. H., Quantifying Mixing and Scales of Heterogeneity in 2-D Numerical Models of Chaotic Mantle Mixing (abs.): AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December, 2006. (poster)
Harris, A., Kincaid, C., Kelley, K. A., Constraints on Structure and Melting of Heterogeneous Plumes From Laboratory Experiments With Three Components (abs.): AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December, 2007. (talk)
Wilson, S., Harris, A., Carlson, R. L., Blackman, D. K., Compressional-Wave Velocities of Discrete Samples at In-Situ Pressures From IODP Hole U1309D (abs.): AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December, 2007. (poster)
Invited Talks:
Brown University, Department of Geological Sciences Modeling Mantle Plumes: Laboratory Experiments With a Recycled Crust Component, Providence, RI, March 2006.
Friends of Oceanography, Community/Public Lecture, Mantle Plumes and the Creation of Oceanic Volcanoes, Narragansett, RI, March 2004.
Visiting Scientist:
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia (9/2004 - 12/2004)
Adjunct Professor:
College of Continuing Education, University of Rhode Island, Feinstein Providence Campus (9/2008 - 12/2008)
