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Prof. Robert D van der Hilst
Schlumberger Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Department Head / Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Chair, Program in Geophysics (EAPS)
Primary DLC
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
MIT Room:
54-522
(617) 253-3382
hilst@mit.edu
Areas of Interest and Expertise
Global Seismology
Mantle Structure, Composition, and Dynamics
(Hydrocarbon) Reservoir Imaging and Monitoring
Multi-Scale Seismic Imaging of Earth's Interior (Seismic Tomography; Inverse Scattering Methodologies; Seismic Anisotropy)
Deep Mantle Interfaces (e.g., Transition Zone Discontinuities, Core Mantle Boundary Region)
Seismic Structure of Continental Upper Mantle of Asia and and North America (with Dense Receiver Arrays, such as USArray/Earthscope)
Recent Work
Projects
April 30, 2012
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
CO2 Sequestration
Principal Investigator
Robert van der Hilst
April 30, 2012
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Geophysical Imaging
Principal Investigator
Robert van der Hilst
April 30, 2012
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Geomechanics
Principal Investigator
Robert van der Hilst
October 1, 1999
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Global Seismology Laboratory (GSL)
Principal Investigator
Robert van der Hilst
Related Faculty
Prof. Raffaele M Ferrari
Cecil and Ida Green Professor in Earth and Planetary Sciences
Lucas Abraham Willemsen
Graduate Student
Dr. Zhenya Zhu
Research Affiliate