Professor
Peter Lee Olson
Johns Hopkins University
Geophysicist; Educator
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Earth Sciences
Elected
2005
Geophysical fluid dynamicist. Made contributions to understanding the dynamics of the Earth's mantle and core. Through laboratory and numerical computations clarified how mantle plumes produce flood basalts and how Earth generates its magnetic field by a core dynamo.
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