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Jafar Arkani-Hamed

Arkani Hamed Jafar

Adjunct Professor

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Degrees:

Mining Engineering, Tehran, 1962 Ph.D., M.I.T., 1969

Current/Recent Grads:

Boutin (M.Sc.), Clark (M.Sc.); Ghods (Ph.D. '99), Pentecost (M.Sc. '00), Reindler (M.Sc. '02), Sobouti (Ph.D. '01), Zheng (Ph.D. '02)

Research:

I am interested in the global characteristics of terrestrial planets, such as internal structure, thermal evolution, gravity and magnetic fields, plate tectonics and initiation of subduction of lithosphere, mantle plumes and their interaction with the lithosphere, and magnetic properties of planetary lithosphere. I am also interested in some local problems such as the dynamics of sedimentary basins and the analysis and interpretation of regional magnetic anomaly data. Subjects Taughtterrestrial planets, earth physics, planetary physics, geomagnetism and gravity.

Publications:

  • Zheng, Y. and Arkani-Hamed, J. (submitted): Rigidity of the Atlantic oceanic lithosphere beneath New England seamounts, Tectonophysics.
  • Reindler, L. and Arkani-Hamed, J. (revised and submitted): The strength of the lunar interior, Icarus.
  • Arkani-Hamed, J. and Reindler, L. (revised and submitted): Stress differences in the martian lithosphere: Constraints on the thermal state of Mars, J. Geophys. Res..
  • Arkani-Hamed, J., (in press): Magnetization of the Martian crust, J. Geophys. Res..
  • Arkani-Hamed, J. (in press): An improved 50-degree spherical harmonic model of the magnetic field of Mars dervied from both high-altitude and low-altitude data, J. Geophys. Res..
  • Soubouti, F. and Arkani-Hamed, J. (in press): Thermo-mechanical modeling of subduction of continental lithosphere, Phys. Earth and Planet. Inter.
  • Arkani-Hamed, J. (in press): Magnetization of the Martian crust, J. Geophys. Res..
  • ARKANI-HAMED, J. (Reindler L. and Arkani-Hamed, J.) (2003): .) The strength of the lunar lithosphere, Icarus, in press.
  • Maia, M. and Arkani-Hamed, J. (2002): Interpretation of the gravity anomalies of Foundation sea mounts, Geophys. J. Int., 149, 190-210
  • Zheng, Y. and Arkani-Hamed, J. (2002): The elastic properties of the lithosphere beneath Scotian basin, Tectonophysics, 344, 137-156
  • Ghods, A. and Arkani-Hamed, J. (2002): Effect of melt migration on the dynamics and melt generation of diapirs ascending through asthenosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 107, , NO. B1, ETG 4-1-ETG 4-13
  • Arkani-Hamed, J. (2002): An improved 50-degree spherical harmonic model of the magnetic field of Mars derived from both high-altitude and low-altitude data, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 107, pp. 13-1, 13-8
  • Arkani-Hamed, J. (2002): Magnetization of the Martian crust, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 107, pp. 8-1,8-12
  • Arkani-Hamed, J. and Reindler L. (2002): Stress differences in the Martian lithosphere: Constraints on the thermal state of Mars, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 107, pp. 2-1, 2-6
  • Arkani-Hamed, J. and Ghods A. (2002): Effects of melt migration on the dynamics and melt generation of diapirs ascending through asthenosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 107, pp. ETG4-1, ETG4-13
  • Maia M. and Arkani-Hamed, J. (2002): .) The support mechanism of the young Foundation Seamounts inferred from bathymetry and gravity, Geophysical Journal Intern., v. 149, pp. 190-210
  • Arkani-Hamed, J. (2001): and A. Pentecost, On the source region of the lunar mare basalts, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 14691-14700
  • Arkani-Hamed, J. (2001): A 50 degree spherical harmonic model of the magnetic field of Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 23197-23208
  • Sobouti, F., Ghods, A., and J. Arkani-Hamed (2001): On the advection of sharp material interfaces in geodynamic problems: Entrainment of the D’’ layer., Geodynamics.Note: The title was changed during the publication process to better reflect the content of the paper., 31, 459-479
  • Arkani-Hamed, J. (2001): Paleomagnetic pole positions and reversals of Mars, Geophys. Res. Letters, 28, 3409-3412
  • Reindler, L. and J. Arkani-Hamed (2001): The compensation state of lunar craters, Icarus, 153, 71-88
  • Arkani-Hamed, J. (2000): Strength of Martian lithosphere beneath large volcanoes, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 26713-26732
  • Ghods, A., and J. Arkani-Hamed (2000): Melt migration beneath mid-ocean ridges, Geophys. J. Intern., 687-697.
  • Ghods, A., F. Sobouti, and J. Arkani-Hamed (2000): An improved second moment method for solution of pure advection problems, International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids, 32, 959-977
  • Ghods,A., and J. Arkani-Hamed (2000): Melt migration beneath mid-ocean ridges, , Geophys. J. Intern, 140, 687-697
  • Arkani-Hamed, J. (2000): Strength of Martian lithosphere beneath large volcanoes, J. Geophys. Res., 26713-26732
  • Arkani-Hamed, J. (1999): The high-resolution gravity anomaly of the lunar topography, J.Geophys. Res., 104, 11865-11874
  • Arkani-Hamed, J., W.L. Sjogren, and A.S. Konopliv (1999): On the equipotential surface hypothesis of lunar maria floors, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 5921-5931
  • Arkani-Hamed, J. (1998): The lunar mascons revisited, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 3709-3739
  • Zheng, Y., and Arkani-Hamed, J. (1998): Joint inversion of gravity and magnetic anomalies of eastern Canada, Can. J. Earth Sci., 35, 832-853
  • Dyment, J., and Arkani-Hamed, J. (1998): Equivalent source magnetic dipole revisited, Geophys. Res. Letters, 25, 2003-2006
  • Ghods, A., and Arkani-Hamed, J. (1998): Interpretation of the satellite magnetic anomaly of Nova Scotia marginal basin, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 35, 162-174
  • Dyment, and Arkani-Hamed, J. (1998): Contribution of lithospheric remanent magnetization to satellite magnetic anomalies over the world's oceans, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 15423-154