Profile

Jian Lin

Senior Scientist

Geology & Geophysics

Office Phone: +1 508 289 2576

Fax: +1 508 457 2187

jlin@whoi.edu

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Education

B.S. University of Science & Technology, China, 1982, Geophysics
M.S. Brown University, 1984, Geophysics
Ph.D. Brown University, 1988, Geophysics

Research Interests

Computational geodynamics and marine geophysics; earthquake mechanics and processes; structural and thermal evolution of oceanic lithosphere; oceanic crust accretion; upper mantle thermal regime and melting; oceanic hotspots and mid-ocean ridges; tectonics of rifted margins; fault mechanics.