Wang-Ping Chen

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Professor and Department Head

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Degree

  • Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Interests

Active subduction/collision and rifting, seismogenesis, lithospheric rheology, mantle dynamics and petrology, tectonics; typically involving seismology, geodesy, and integration of various geophysical and geologic approaches.

Teaching / Courses TAUGHT

  • Introductory Physical Geology

  • Physics of the Earth

  • Continental Lithosphere

  • Joint Geophysical Seminar with Purdue University

  • Geology of Planets

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