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Academic Background | Research Interests | Publications | CV
| Bio SketchSome Recent Publications by Peter Olson
Books
Core Dynamics, P.Olson,ed., Volume 8 of the Treatise on Geophysics 2nd ed (G. Schubert, main ed.), 388pp. Elsevier, Amsterdam, B.V., 2015.
Core Dynamics, P.Olson,ed., Volume 8 of the Treatise on Geophysics (G. Schubert, main ed.), 358pp. Elsevier, Amsterdam, B.V., 2007.
Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets, with G. Schubert and D. Turcotte, 940pp, Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Articles
Olson, P., Owen Martin Phillips, Obituary Physics
Today, 64(5), 60-61, 2011. [pdf]
Olson, P., Owen Martin Phillips, Memoir, EOS
Transactions Amer. Geophys. Un. 92, 8, 2011. [pdf]
Driscoll, P. and P. Olson, Superchron cycles driven by
variable core heat flow. Geophys. Res. Lett., L09304,
doi:10.1029/2011GL046808, 2011. [pdf]
Driscoll, P. and P. Olson, Optimal dynamos in the cores
of terrestrial exoplanets: Magnetic field generation and
detectability. Icarus, 213, 12-23, 2011. [pdf]
King, C., and P. Olson, Heat partitioning in
metal-silicate plumes during Earth differentiation. Earth
Planet. Sci. Lett., 304, 577-586, 2011. [pdf]
Olson, P.L., Glatzmaier, G.A., and Coe, R.S., Complex polarity reversals in a geodynamo model. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 304, 168-179, 2011. [pdf]
Arkani-Hamed, J. and P. Olson, Giant impacts, Core Stratification, and Failure of the Martian Dynamo, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2010. [pdf]
Amit, H., and P. Olson, A Cascade Interpretation of the
Geomagnetic Dipole Decrease,Geophys, J. Int., doi:
10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04596.x, 2010. [pdf]
Olson, P.L., Coe, R.S., Driscoll, P.E., Glatzmaier, G.A., and Roberts, P.H., Geodynamo Reversal Frequency and Heterogeneous Core-Mantle Boundary Heat Flow, Phys. Earth. Planet. Inter. doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2010.02.010, 2010. [pdf]
Arkani-Hamed, J. and P. Olson, Giant impact stratification of the Martian core, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L02201, doi: 10.1029/2009GL041417, 2010. [pdf]
Driscoll, P. and P. Olson, Optimal dynamos in the cores
of terrestrial exoplanets: Magnetic field generation and
detectability. Icarus, submitted, 2010 [fdf]
Grand Challenges in Geodynamics: Outstanding geodynamics problems and emerging research opportunities for the Earth Sciences. Report to the National Research Council P. Olson (ed). 120pp. 2010 [pdf]
Driscoll, P. and P. Olson, Effects of buoyancy and rotation on the polarity reversal frequency of gravitationally-driven numerical dynamos, Geophys, J. Int., doi:10.111/j.1365-246X.2009.04234.x, 2009. [pdf]
Olson, P. Tectonics in the Earth’s core, Nature Geosci. 2, 379-380, 2009. [pdf]
Driscoll, P. and P. Olson, Polarity Reversals in Geodynamo Models with Core Evolution, Earth Planet Sci. Lett. 282, 24-33, 2009. [pdf]
Liu L., and P. Olson, Geomagnetic dipole moment collapse by convective mixing in the core, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36 doi:10.1029/2009GL038130, 2009. [pdf]
Olson, P., Driscoll, P., Amit, H., Dipole collapse and reversal precursors in a numerical dynamo, Phys. Earth. Planet. Inter. 173, 121-140, 2009. [pdf]
Olson, P., Planetary Magnetism, in Dynamos, Ph. Cardin, L.F. Cugilandolo, eds. Les Houches Session LXXXVIII: 2007, pp137-249, Elsevier B.V. ISBN: 978-0-0805-4812-8, 2008.
Olson, P., and Weeraratne, D. Experiments on Metal-Silicate Plumes and Core Formation, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London A, 366, 4253-4271, 2008. [pdf]
Aubert, J., Amit, H., Hulot, G., and Olson,
P., Thermo-chemical wind flows couple Earth’s inner core growth
to mantle heterogeneity, Nature, in press, 2008.
Amit, H., Aubert, J., Hulot, G. and P.
Olson, Influence of lower mantle thermal heterogeneity on
time-average core flow, Earth Planet. Sci., in press,
2008.
Amit, H. and P. Olson, Time-average and time-dependent
parts of core flow, Phys Earth Planet Inter., 155,
120-139, 2006.
Amit, H. and P. Olson, Time-average and time-dependent
parts of core flow, Phys Earth Planet Inter., (submitted
2005). [pdf]
Olson, P and H. Amit, The Earth’s Changing
Dipole, Naturwissenschaften (submitted,
2005).
Glatzmaier, G. and P. Olson, Probing the
Geodynamo, Scientific American, 292, 50-57, 2005.
[pdf]
Amit, H. and P. Olson, Helical core flow
from geomagnetic secular variation, Phys Earth Planet Inter.,
147,1-25, 2004. [pdf]
Schubert, G., G. Masters, P. Tackley and P.
Olson, Superplumes or plume clusters? Phys Earth Planet
Inter., doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2003.09.025, 2004. [pdf]
Wicht, J. and P. Olson, A Detailed study of
the polarity reversal mechanism in a numerical dynamo model, Geochemistry,
Geodynamics, Geosystems, 5 doi 10.1029/2003GC000602, 2004. [pdf]
Sumita, I. and P. Olson, Experiments on
highly supercritical thermal convection in a rapidly rotating
hemispherical shell, J. Fluid Mech., 492, 271-287,
2003.
Christensen, U.R. and Olson, P., Secular
variation in numerical geodynamo models with lateral variations
of boundary heat flow, Phys Earth Planet Inter., 138, 39-54,
2003.
Aurnou, J., Andreadis, S., Zhu, L. and P.
Olson, Experiments on convection in Earth's core tangent
cylinder, Earth Planet Sci Lett, 212, 119-134,
2003.
Olson, P., and U.R. Christensen, The time
averaged magnetic field in numerical
Olson, P., I. Sumita and J. Aurnou,
Diffusive magnetic images of core upwellings,
Olson, P.
Thermal Interaction of the Core and Mantle, in Earth's Core and
Lower Mantle, C. A. Jones, A. M. Soward and K. Zhang, eds.
Taylor and Francis, London, 1-29, 2003.
Olson, P., and
U. R. Christensen, The time averaged magnetic field in numerical
dynamos with nonuniform boundary heat flow, Geophys. J. Int.,
151, 809-823, 2002.
Olson, P. The
Disappearing Dipole, Nature, 416, 590-591, 2002.
Olson, P.
Mantle Convection and Plumes, Encyclopedia of Physical
Science and Technology 3rd ed., R. A. Meyers, ed.
9, 77-94, 2002.
Sumita,
Brito, D.,
Elbert, D. and Olson, P., Experimental crystallization of
gallium: ultrasonic measurements of elastic anisotropy and
implications for the inner core , Phys. Earth Planet Inter.,
129, 325-346, 2002.
Aurnou, J. and
P. Olson, Strong zonal winds generated by thermal convection in
rotating spherical shells, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28,
2557-2559, 2001.
Aurnou, J. and
P. Olson, Experiments on Rayleigh-Benard convection,
magnetoconvection and rotating magnetoconvection in liquid
gallium, J. Fluid Mech., 430, 283-307, 2001.
Sumita,
Aurnou, J. and
P. Olson, Control of inner core rotation by electromagnetic,
gravitational and mechanical torques, Phys. Earth Planet.
Int., 117, 111-121, 2000.
Sumita,
Olson, P. and
J. Aurnou, A polar vortex in the Earth’s core, Nature, 402,
170- 173, 1999.
Christensen,
U., P. Olson and G.A. Glatzmaier, Numerical modeling of the
geodynamo: a systematic parameter study, Geophys. J. Int.,
138, 393-409, 1999.
Olson, P., U.
Christensen, and G.A. Glatzmaier, Numerical modeling of the
geodynamo: Mechanisms of field generation and equilibration, J.
Geophys. Res., 104, 10.383-10,404, 1999.