The Orson Anderson Era of Mineral Physics at Lamont in the 1960s

Journal Article · 04 June 2019 · Minerals

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/min9060342 · OSTI ID:1529716

Liebermann, Robert Cooper  ^[1]

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1. Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)

From 1964 to the early 1970s, Orson Anderson led a research program at the Lamont Geological Observatory in the newly-emerging field of “mineral physics”. In collaboration with colleagues Edward Schreiber and Naohiro Soga, Orson exploited the techniques of physical acoustics to study the behavior of the sound velocities of minerals at elevated pressures and temperatures. This research program also included semi-empirical studies of the relationships between the bulk modulus and the molar volume of solids, the use of lattice dynamics to calculate the elastic moduli of cubic structures as a function of pressure to predict instabilities, and theoretical investigations of the Lagrangian and Eulerian formulations of finite strain equations of state.

• Research Organization: State Univ. of New York (SUNY), Albany, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Grant/Contract Number: NA0002907; EAR-1524078
• OSTI ID: 1529716
• Alternate ID(s): OSTI ID: 1614551
• Journal Information: Minerals, Vol. 9, Issue 6; ISSN 2075-163X
• Publisher: MDPICopyright Statement
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English