Overview

Larry Brown is a professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and has been the Director of the Institute for the Study of the Continents (INSTOC) since 2004. Brown did his undergraduate studies at Georgia Institute of Technology and earned his PhD from Cornell. Prof. Brown`s primary research interest is application of multichannel seismic reflection methods to the exploration of the continental lithosphere and to the investigation of deep tectonic processes. Current projects are underway on the northeastern Tibet Plateau, across the island of Taiwan, and on the volcanically active Caribbean island of Montserrat. In addition, Prof. Brown`s interests include application of Ground Penetrating Radar to Mayan archaeology and volcanostratigraphy.

Research Focus

Seismic imaging of the continental lithosphere, GPR investigations of shallow subsurface.

Instruction Focus

Exploration geophysics, especially seismology and GPR and natural hazards.

Additional Links

• INSTOC
• Larry Douglas Brown

Honors, Awards and Appointments

• Chinese Friendship Award - 2001
• Geological Society of America Fellow - 1985
• ARCO Outstanding Junior Faculty Award - 1981
• Fellow, American Society of America -

Professional Activities

• Third Annual Cornell-Tsinghua Workshop on Sustainability: Water Resources, Energy, and the Environment, April 2008 (Organizer). - 2008
• South African Geophysical Association, Biennial Technical Meeting:Deep Seismic Reflection Profiling in Africa: Past Experience and Future Opportunties. - 2007
• South African Geophysical Association Biennial Technical Meeting: Deep Structure of the Southeastern Margin of the West African Craton from Seismic Reflection Data. - 2007
• Keynote Address, South African Geophysical Associaton Biennial Technical Meeting: Deep Seismic Exploration on the Roof of the World. - 2007
• The Unknown Andes, INSTOC Workshop, Cornell (Organizer). - 2007
• EARTHSCOPE Workshop, Continental Intraplate Deformation & Seismicity: What We Know, What We Don`t, and What We Need TO., Monterey, CA, March, 2007. - 2007
• AGU Fall Annual Meeting, Introduction on the INDEPTH IV project and its major scientific targets. - 2007
• AGU Fall Annual Meeting: Controlled source imaging of the Kunlun Suture, Northeast Tibetan Plateau. - 2007
• AGU Fall Annual Meeting: Preliminary three-component seismic observations within the INDEPTH IV transect from the NE Tibetan Plateau to the Qaidam Basin. - 2007
• Fifth Inkaba ye Africa Scientific Workshop, Wild Coast, Indian Ocean, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. - 2007

Selected Publications

• Ross, A.R., L.D. Brown, P. Pananont, K.D. Nelson, S. Klemperer, S. Haines, Z. Wenjin, and J. Guo, 2004, Deep reflection surveying in central Tibet: Lower crustal layering and crustal flow, Geophys. Jour. Int., 156, 115-128.
• Langin, W. R., L. D. Brown, E. A. Sandvol, and Project INDEPTH Team, 2003, Seismicity of central Tibet from INDEPTH III seismic recordings, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer., 95, 22146-2159.
• Fisher, N., T.E. Jordan, L. Brown, 2002, The structural and stratigraphic evolution of the LaRioja Basin, Argentina, J. South American Earth Sci., 15, 141-156.
• Zhao, W., Mechie, J., L.D. Brown, J. Guo, S. Haines, T. Hearn, S.L. Klemperer, Y.S. Ma, R. Meissner, K.D. Nelson, P. Pananont, R. Rapine, A. Ross, and J. Saul, 2001, Crustal structure of central Tibet as derived from Project INDEPTH wide-angle seismic data, Geophysical Journal, 145, 486-496.
• Brown, L., A. Kroener, C. Powell, B. Windley, and M. Kanao, 2001, Deep seismic exploration of East Gondwana: the LEGENDS initiative, Gondwana Research, 4, 846-850.
• Steer, D. N.; Knapp, J. H. ; Brown, L. D., 1998, Super-deep reflection profiling, Tectonophysics, 286, 111-121.
• Brown, L.D., W. Zhao, K.D. Nelson, M. Hauck, D. Alsdorf, A. Ross, M. Cogan, M. Clark, X. Liu, and J. Che. 1996, Bright spots, structure and magmatism in southern Tibet from INDEPTH seismic reflection profiling, Science, 274, 1688-1690.
• Knapp, J.H., Steer, D.N., Brown, L.D., Berzin, R., Suleimanov, A., Stiller, M., L?schen, E., Brown, D.L., Bulgakov, R., Kashubin, S.N., Rybalka, A.V., 1996, Lithosphere-scale seismic image of the Southern Urals from explosion-source reflection profiling, Science, 274, 226-227.
• Brown, L., M. Barazangi, J. Oliver and S. Kaufman, 1986, The first decade of COCORP: 1974-1984, in Reflection Seismology and the Continental Crust: A Global Perspective, edited by M. Barazangi and L. D. Brown, Amer. Geophys. Union Geodynamic Series v. 13, pp. 107-120.
• Brown, L.D., C.E. Chapin, A.R. Sanford, S. Kaufman, and J.E. Oliver. 1980, Deep structure of the Rio Grande Rift from Seismic Reflection Profiling. J. Geophys. Res., 85, 4773-4800.

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