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Norman Sleep is a Professor Emeritus in Geophysics at Stanford University, with a research focus on heat mass transfer and physical processes in the Earth. His work addresses geodynamics and its applications to modern Earth conditions as well as the origin of life on early Earth and Mars. He is particularly interested in microphysics, friction, and nonlinear seismology, applying results on nonlinear attenuation to understand ground damage from strong seismic waves. Sleep developed a self-consistent rheology for faults considering dynamic weakening due to heating at real contact asperities, and he is working on flow-law alternatives to traditional geotechnical approaches, such as the Masing Rules, validated through real data. His research also explores the interaction of high-frequency S waves with low-frequency near-field velocity pulses, as evidenced by records from significant events like the Denali earthquake.
Stanford University • Stanford, CA
Tenured professor researching geophysics and teaching graduate courses.
Stanford University • Stanford, CA
Held a position as associate professor focusing on geophysics and geology.
Northwestern University •
Started academic career as assistant professor of geophysics.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology •
Conducted postdoctoral research in geophysics.
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