Peter L. Olson

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Peter L. Olson is affiliated with the following schools: University of California, Berkeley, California Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of New Mexico, Johns Hopkins University

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Bachelors Geophysics Stanford University
Masters Geophysics Stanford University
PhD Geophysics Stanford University

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Peter L. Olson's Published Works

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Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets (2001) (525)
Numerical modelling of the geodynamo: a systematic parameter study (1999) (277)
Numerical modeling of the geodynamo: Mechanisms of field generation and equilibration (1999) (273)
Mantle plumes control magnetic reversal frequency (1991) (269)
A benchmark comparison for mantle convection codes (1989) (267)
An experimental study of subduction and slab migration (1987) (265)
Deep Slabs, Geochemical Heterogeneity, and the Large-Scale Structure of Mantle Convection: Investigation of an Enduring Paradox (1988) (261)
Dipole moment scaling for convection-driven planetary dynamos (2005) (232)
Thermochemical flows couple the Earth's inner core growth to mantle heterogeneity (2008) (230)
Is the inner core of the Earth pure iron? (1987) (187)
Mantle plumes link magnetic superchrons to phanerozoic mass depletion events (2007) (183)
A laboratory model of subduction zone anisotropy (1998) (165)
The time-averaged magnetic field in numerical dynamos with non-uniform boundary heat flow (2002) (160)
Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Contents (2001) (149)
Plume formation in the D″-layer and the roughness of the core–mantle boundary (1987) (147)
Chaotic thermal convection in a rapidly rotating spherical shell: consequences for flow in the outer core (1994) (142)
Experiments on Rayleigh–Bénard convection, magnetoconvection and rotating magnetoconvection in liquid gallium (2001) (138)
Changes in earth’s dipole (2006) (134)
Laboratory experiments on the structure of subducted lithosphere (1995) (130)
Experiments on precessing flows in the Earth's liquid core (1995) (125)
Mixing of passive heterogeneities by mantle convection (1984) (122)
A polar vortex in the Earth's core (1999) (119)
Geodynamo reversal frequency and heterogeneous core–mantle boundary heat flow (2010) (113)
A boundary layer model for mantle convection with surface plates (1980) (108)
Solitary wave propagation in a fluid conduit within a viscous matrix (1986) (105)
Experiments on the interaction of thermal convection and compositional layering at the base of the mantle (1991) (104)
Strong zonal winds from thermal convection in a rotating spherical shell (2001) (103)
Plume formation and lithosphere erosion - A comparison of laboratory and numerical experiments (1988) (102)
Superplumes or plume clusters (2004) (101)
A dynamo model interpretation of geomagnetic field structures (1998) (100)
Secular variation in numerical geodynamo models with lateral variations of boundary heat flow (2003) (99)
Experiments on convection in Earth’s core tangent cylinder (2003) (98)
Turbulent metal–silicate mixing, fragmentation, and equilibration in magma oceans (2014) (97)
The large-scale structure of convection in the Earth's mantle (1990) (94)
Formation of seafloor swells by mantle plumes (1986) (93)
Structure of axisymmetric mantle plumes (1993) (91)
Thermal convection with non-Newtonian plates (1992) (88)
Creeping plumes (1985) (86)
A detailed study of the polarity reversal mechanism in a numerical dynamo model (2004) (81)
The depth of mantle convection (1979) (79)
Experiments on turbulent metal-silicate mixing in a magma ocean (2011) (79)
Time-average and time-dependent parts of core flow (2006) (74)
Controls on geomagnetic reversals and core evolution by mantle convection in the Phanerozoic (2013) (72)
Helical core flow from geomagnetic secular variation (2004) (70)
Performance benchmarks for a next generation numerical dynamo model (2016) (69)
The proximity of hotspots to convergent and divergent plate boundaries (1989) (68)
An experimental approach to thermal convection in a two‐layered mantle (1984) (66)
The New Core Paradox (2013) (65)
Mechanics of inner core super-rotation (1996) (62)
Entrainment from a bed of particles by thermal convection (1993) (62)
Magnetoconvection and thermal coupling of the Earth's core and mantle (1996) (60)
The transition from two-dimensional to three-dimensional planforms in infinite-Prandtl-number thermal convection (1990) (58)
Time-dependent large aspect-ratio thermal convection in the earth's mantle (1989) (57)
A benchmark comparison of numerical methods for infinite Prandtl number thermal convection in two-dimensional Cartesian geometry (1990) (56)
Planforms in Thermal Convection With Internal Heat Sources at Large Rayleigh and Prandtl Numbers (1990) (56)
A dynamo cascade interpretation of the geomagnetic dipole decrease (2009) (54)
Magnetoconvection in a rotating spherical shell: structure of flow in the outer core (1995) (53)
Convective mixing and the fine structure of mantle heterogeneity (1984) (53)
Effects of buoyancy and rotation on the polarity reversal frequency of gravitationally driven numerical dynamos (2009) (52)
Laboratory experiments on high Rayleigh number thermal convection in a rapidly rotating hemispherical shell (2000) (51)
The signature of inner-core nucleation on the geodynamo (2015) (51)
BANDED CONVECTION IN ROTATING FLUID SPHERES AND THE CIRCULATION OF THE JOVIAN ATMOSPHERE (1996) (51)
Rotating thermal convection experiments in a hemispherical shell with heterogeneous boundary heat flux: Implications for the Earth's core (2002) (50)
Optimal dynamos in the cores of terrestrial exoplanets: Magnetic field generation and detectability (2011) (50)
Thermochemical plumes and mantle phase transitions (1982) (50)
Complex polarity reversals in a geodynamo model (2011) (49)
Core merging and stratification following giant impact (2016) (49)
Three‐Dimensional Convection Planforms With Internal Heat Generation (1990) (48)
Chapter 10 Buoyancy-Driven Fracture and Magma Transport through the Lithosphere: Models and Experiments (1994) (48)
On the equipartition of kinetic energy in plate tectonics (1991) (47)
Control of inner core rotation by electromagnetic, gravitational and mechanical torques (2000) (47)
Evolution of crystal-settling in magma-chamber convection (1988) (47)
Superchron cycles driven by variable core heat flow (2011) (45)
Mantle convection with spherical effects (1981) (44)
Dipole collapse and reversal precursors in a numerical dynamo (2009) (43)
Core Evolution Driven by Mantle Global Circulation (2015) (43)
Solitary waves in mantle plumes (1989) (43)
Convection with internal heat sources and thermal turbulence in the Earth's mantle (1994) (43)
Gravitational dynamos and the low-frequency geomagnetic secular variation (2007) (42)
Polarity reversals in geodynamo models with core evolution (2009) (41)
Highly supercritical thermal convection in a rotating spherical shell: Centrifugal vs. radial gravity (1993) (41)
Geomagnetic polarity reversals, transition field structure, and convection in the outer core (1990) (40)
From superchrons to secular variation: A broadband dynamo frequency spectrum for the geomagnetic dipole (2010) (40)
Geomagnetic polarity reversals in a turbulent core (1983) (39)
Geomagnetic dipole tilt changes induced by core flow (2008) (38)
Giant impact stratification of the Martian core (2009) (37)
Eccentricity of the geomagnetic dipole caused by lopsided inner core growth (2012) (36)
Dynamo tests for stratification below the core-mantle boundary (2017) (36)
Mantle superplumes induce geomagnetic superchrons (2015) (35)
Mantle control of the geodynamo: Consequences of top‐down regulation (2015) (33)
Giant impacts, core stratification, and failure of the Martian dynamo (2010) (32)
Tests of core flow imaging methods with numerical dynamos (2007) (32)
Experiments on the fragmentation of a buoyant liquid volume in another liquid (2014) (32)
Anomalous rotation of the inner core and the toroidal magnetic field (1998) (31)
Variation of ocean sediment thickness with crustal age (2016) (31)
Geophysics: The disappearing dipole (2002) (30)
Nebular atmosphere to magma ocean: A model for volatile capture during Earth accretion (2019) (29)
Probing the geodynamo. (2005) (29)
Lower mantle superplume growth excites geomagnetic reversals (2015) (28)
Diffusive magnetic images of upwelling patterns in the core (2002) (27)
A seismodynamical model of lithosphere deformation: Development of continental and oceanic rift networks (1996) (25)
Experimental crystallization of gallium: ultrasonic measurements of elastic anisotropy and implications for the inner core (2002) (25)
The influence of toroidal magnetic field on thermal convection in the core (1995) (24)
Linking lowermost mantle structure, core-mantle boundary heat flux and mantle plume formation (2018) (24)
Laboratory experiments on the dynamics of the core (2011) (23)
A simple physical model for the terrestrial dynamo (1981) (23)
Experiments on highly supercritical thermal convection in a rapidly rotating hemispherical shell (2003) (23)
Magnetic reversal frequency scaling in dynamos with thermochemical convection (2014) (22)
A comparison of heat transfer laws for mantle convection at very high Rayleigh numbers (1987) (22)
Outer Core Stratification From the High Latitude Structure of the Geomagnetic Field (2018) (21)
A simple model for mantle-driven flow at the top of Earth’s core (2008) (21)
Hydrogen and helium ingassing during terrestrial planet accretion (2018) (20)
Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Preface (2001) (19)
Core Dynamics: An Introduction and Overview (2015) (19)
Towards more realistic core-mantle boundary heat flux patterns: a source of diversity in planetary dynamos (2015) (19)
Quantifying melt production and degassing rate at mid‐ocean ridges from global mantle convection models with plate motion history (2016) (19)
Dynamo waves and palaeomagnetic secular variation (1987) (18)
A Statistical Boundary Layer Model for the Mantle D (2009) (18)
An analysis of paleomagnetic secular variation in the Holocene (1989) (18)
Experimental Dynamos and the Dynamics of Planetary Cores (2013) (17)
Nonrandom geomagnetic reversal times and geodynamo evolution (2014) (17)
Can heterogeneous core–mantle electromagnetic coupling control geomagnetic reversals? (1999) (17)
Experiments on metal–silicate plumes and core formation (2008) (17)
Electromagnetic core‐mantle coupling and paleomagnetic reversal paths (1996) (16)
Thermal interaction of the core and mantle (2003) (16)
Studies of the Earth's Deep Interior: Goals and Trends (1990) (14)
Experiments on Core Dynamics (2007) (14)
Mechanics of flood basalt magmatism. (1994) (13)
Historic and paleomagnetic secular variation and the Earth's core dynamo process (1987) (12)
Dynamo models with permanent dipole fields and secular variation (1991) (12)
Mantle structure and dynamics (1985) (12)
Dynamo action in a stably stratified core (1984) (11)
Drifting mantle hotspots (1987) (11)
Experiments on Joule heating and the dissipation of energy in the Earth's core (1996) (11)
F-layer formation in the outer core with asymmetric inner core growth (2014) (11)
Chapter 1 Mechanics of Flood Basalt Magmatism (1994) (10)
Geophysics: Probing Earth's dynamo (1997) (10)
Geochemistry: Mantle heterogeneity and convection (1983) (10)
Heat partitioning in metal-silicate plumes during Earth differentiation (2011) (10)
Laboratory experiments on rain-driven convection: Implications for planetary dynamos (2017) (9)
The geodynamo’s unique longevity (2013) (9)
Toroidal flow in the outer core and the thermal regime below the core-mantle boundary (1989) (9)
The spectrum of subtidal variability in Chesapeake Bay circulation (1986) (8)
Iron diapirs entrain silicates to the core and initiate thermochemical plumes (2018) (8)
Turbulent heat exchange between water and ice at an evolving ice–water interface (2015) (8)
OESbathy version 1.0: a method for reconstructing ocean bathymetry with generalized continental shelf-slope-rise structures (2015) (8)
Geomagnetic dipole moment collapse by convective mixing in the core (2009) (8)
Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Nature of Convection in the Mantle (2001) (6)
8.01 – Overview (2007) (6)
Fate of subducted lithosphere (1988) (5)
Erratum to “Experiments on convection in Earth’s core tangent cylinder”: [Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 212 (2003) 119–134] (2003) (4)
Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Viscosity of the Mantle (2001) (4)
Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Calculations of Convection in Two Dimensions (2001) (3)
Correction [ to “The depth of mantle convection”] (1979) (3)
Primordial Helium‐3 Exchange Between Earth's Core and Mantle (2022) (3)
Convection-driven planetary dynamos (2006) (3)
Mantle Convection and Plumes (2003) (2)
The spatial distribution of coronae on Venus (1992) (2)
Evidence for Wave Propagation in the Holocene Palaeomagnetic Field (1989) (2)
Scaling laws for perturbations in the ocean–atmosphere system following large CO 2 emissions (2015) (1)
Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Hot Spots and Mantle Plumes (2001) (1)
High pressure-temperature phase equilibrium studies on Martian basalts: Implications for the failure of plate tectonics on Mars (2022) (1)
True dipole wander (2018) (1)
OESbathy version 1.0: A method for reconstructing ocean (2015) (1)
Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Numerical Models of Three-dimensional Convection (2001) (1)
Numerical modeling of the geodynamo' of field generation and equilibration Mechanisms (1999) (1)
Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Historical Background (2001) (1)
A Dynamo Mechanism for Rapid Decrease of the Geomagnetic Dipole Moment (2004) (1)
Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Structure and Composition of the Mantle (2001) (1)
Geophysics: Tectonics in the Earth's core (2009) (1)
Convection in the Interiors of Solid Planets and Moons (2001) (1)
Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Plate Tectonics (2001) (0)
Book Review of Geodynamics (2nd Edition) by Donald L. Turcotte and Jerry Schubert, Cambridge University Press, 2002, XIII+456 pp., US$ 110.00, £75.00, hardback (ISBN 0-521-66186-2), US$ 45.00, £29.95, paperback (ISBN 0-521-66624-4) (2003) (0)
Thermochemical evolution of the core constrained by mantle global circulation (2013) (0)
Forced convective melting at an evolving ice-water interface (2015) (0)
Lower Mantle Superplume Growth Stimulates Geomagnetic Reversals (2014) (0)
Global Ocean Sedimentation Patterns: Plate Tectonic History Versus Climate Change (2014) (0)
Geomagnetic superchrons and time variations in the cooling rate of the core (2015) (0)
Pebble Accretion Mechanism on building the Earth (2022) (0)
Tharsis Formation by Chemical Plume Due to Giant Impact Event (2014) (0)
How the planet's poles keep trading places. (2018) (0)
Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Basic Equations (2001) (0)
Fluid flow and dynamo action driven by differential rotation in a spherical shell (2011) (0)
Sherman Statistic Reveals Non-Random Behavior in the Phanerozoic Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale (2012) (0)
How the planet’s poles keep trading places (2018) (0)
Heat and Helium in the Mantle and Core from Earth's Primitive Nebular Atmosphere (2019) (0)
Course 3 Planetary magnetism (2008) (0)
Nebular Atmosphere to Magma Ocean: Early Mantle Acquisition of Hydrogen and Helium (2018) (0)
Nebular ingassing as the primary source of water and light noble gases to Earth (2019) (0)
Are the Equatorial Highlands on Venus formed by mantle plume diapirs (1991) (0)
Sea floor swells and mantle plumes (1985) (0)
New Theory of the Earth (2008) (0)
Mantle convection modulates core evolution and geomagnetic reversals (2012) (0)
Supplementary material to "Dynamos, Domains, and Paleomagnetic Poles" (2011) (0)
11 Hot Spots and Mantle Plumes (2006) (0)
Fluid Mechanics of the Geodynamo (2009) (0)
Owen Martin Phillips. 30 December 1930 — 13 October 2010 (2012) (0)
Dipole Field Collapse in a Reversing Dynamo Model (2003) (0)
Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Approximate Solutions (2001) (0)
Treatise on Geophysics : Volume 8 Core Dynamics Ed. 2 (2015) (0)
Differentiation and delivery of an enriched deep mantle reservoir during iron descent to the core. (2015) (0)
Laboratory experiments on core merging after a giant impact (2014) (0)
Superplumes from the deep mantle (1992) (0)
Internal waves and hydromagnetic induction in the earth's core (1977) (0)
Thermal and chemical diffusion within conduits of sinking metal-silicate plumes during core formation events. (2008) (0)
Owen Martin Phillips (1930–2010) (2011) (0)
Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Linear Stability (2001) (0)
Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Thermal History of the Earth (2001) (0)
Fluid Mechanics of the Earth's Core (2000) (0)
A Model for Earth's Mantle Dynamic History for The Last 500 Ma and Its Implications for Continental Vertical Motions and Geomagnetism (2012) (0)
The depth of mantle convection. [earth models] (1979) (0)
Atmospheric Ingassing and Outgassing During Terrestrial Planet Accretion: Implications for Water, Helium-3, and Mantle Oxidation (2018) (0)
100 and 50 years ago (1997) (0)
Iron diapirs entrain silicates to the core and initiate thermochemical plumes (2018) (0)
Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Appendix: Table of Variables (2001) (0)
Quantifying global melt flux and degassing rate from global mantle convection models with plate motion history (2015) (0)
Fluid dynamics experiments on impact-induced metal dispersion during Earth's accretion (2015) (0)
Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: References (2001) (0)
[S4-P01] Global Geomagnetic Secular Variation on Millennial to Million Year Time Scales (2018) (0)
Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets: Mantle Temperatures and Thermodynamic Properties (2001) (0)
From Magma Oceans to Plates: A Habitability Transition in the Earth's Early History (2014) (0)

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