The Orson Anderson Era of Mineral Physics at Lamont in the 1960s
Abstract
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.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- State Univ. of New York (SUNY), Albany, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1529716
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1614551
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0002907; EAR-1524078
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Minerals
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Minerals Journal Volume: 9 Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2075-163X
- Publisher:
- MDPI
- Country of Publication:
- Switzerland
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 58 GEOSCIENCES; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; Mineralogy; Mining & Mineral Processing; mineral physics; ultrasonic interferometry; resonant ultrasound spectroscopy; law of corresponding states; equations-of-state; Columbia University; American Geophysical Union
Citation Formats
Liebermann, Robert. The Orson Anderson Era of Mineral Physics at Lamont in the 1960s. Switzerland: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.3390/min9060342.
Liebermann, Robert. The Orson Anderson Era of Mineral Physics at Lamont in the 1960s. Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9060342
Liebermann, Robert. Tue .
"The Orson Anderson Era of Mineral Physics at Lamont in the 1960s". Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9060342.
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