Edward Bolton: Curriculum Vitae

Edward W. Bolton

Curriculum Vitae

Senior Research Scientist

Department of Geology and Geophysics

Yale University

P.O. Box 208109

New Haven, CT 06520-8109

U.S.A.

Phone and fax

Office: 1(203) 432-3149

Fax: 1(203) 432-3134

E-mail: edward.bolton@yale.edu

PERSONAL DATA

Born - Exeter, California, U.S.A.

Marital Status - Married - Married with Agnes Bolton (Agnes is French, with a U.S. permanent resident visa)

Children - son, born 1987; daughter: born 1988

Citizenship: United States

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Flow, reaction, and transport in a heterogeneous porous medium
Creation of conceptual and numerical models of water/rock interaction
Thermal convection in plane layers and spherical shells - simulations
Wavelet analysis of time series and climate indicators
Numerical methods for solution of partial differential equations
Experimental fluid dynamics - initial bifurcations, rotating convection, bubble oscillations
Landform evolution simulations
Flow visualization of common fluid instabilities

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Geophysics and Space Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1985
M.S. in Geophysics and Space Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1982
B.S. in Physics, Pacific Union College, 1980
M.A. in Teaching and Physical Science, Pacific Union College, 1978
B.S. in Physical Science (magna cum laude), Pacific Union College, 1977

Ph.D. DISSERTATION

Problems in Nonlinear Convection in Planar and Spherical Geometries, University of California, Los Angeles, (Advisor: F.H. Busse) 1985

UNIVERSITY COURSES TAUGHT

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, (G&G 421/521), 1986-1993, yearly
Physical Oceanography, (G&G 335/535), 1987-1992, yearly
Theoretical Fluid Dynamics, (Mech. Eng. 463/704) with B.T. Chu, 1988
Applied Mathematics Senior Seminar, 1990
Pattern Formation in Biological and Physical Systems, (G&G 768a) with Adolf Seilacher, 1990
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Yale Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Fall, 1995.
Advanced Differential and Partial Differential Equations, Yale Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Spring, 1996.

EMPLOYMENT

2005 - Present: Senior Research Scientist: Department of Geology and Geophysics at Yale University. See below for research topics.
2000 - 2005: Research Scientist: Department of Geology and Geophysics at Yale University. Numerical solutions of 2D time-dependent evolution of flow and chemical reactions in fractured/porous media (with Danny M. Rye and Jay J. Ague). Modeling kinetically controlled metamorphic reactions in a supercritical H₂O-CO₂ mixture (Andreas Luttge, Danny M. Rye, and Jay J. Ague). Models of trace element and isotopic exchange between minerals and flowing fluids (with Sumit Chakraborty and Danny M. Rye). Modeling of oxygen diffusion and consumption in eroding black shales, including oxidation of ancient organic matter and pyrite, as a control on long term atmospheric oxygen levels (with Robert A. Berner).
1995 - 2000: Associate Research Scientist: Department of Geology and Geophysics at Yale University. Numerical solutions of 2D time-dependent evolution of flow and chemical reactions in fractured/porous media (this and other projects below with Antonio C. Lasaga and Danny M. Rye). Modeling kinetically controlled metamorphic reactions in a supercritical H₂O-CO₂ mixture (also with Andreas Luttge). Models of trace element and isotopic exchange between minerals and flowing fluids (also with Sumit Chakraborty). Numerical simulation of landform evolution via hydraulic erosion (with F. Kenton Musgrave).
1995 - 1996: Lecturer: Department of Mechanical Engineering at Yale University. Taught Computational Fluid Dynamics, and Advanced Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations.
1993 - 1995: Associate Research Scientist: Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University. Numerical solutions of: entrainment and mixing in high Rayleigh number double diffusive convection, with concentration-dependent viscosity; splat evolution in a shear flow in the lubrication limit; 2D and 3D time-dependent evolution of flow and chemical reactions in fractured/porous media. This work was with Neil Ribe, Antonio Lasaga and Danny Rye. Numerical simulation of landform evolution via hydraulic erosion: with F. Kenton Musgrave Simulation of water/oil/gas flows for water injection secondary recovery with interface motion and induced gravity perturbations. Wavelet analysis of the climate record.
1992 - 1993: Lecturer: of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University. Simplified notation for differential vector operations in orthogonal coordinates, complete orthogonal functions for spherical shells which satisfy four boundary conditions, experimental studies of convection in a rotating annulus, pattern formation induced by erosion of land surfaces, wavelet analysis of the climate record.
1986 - 1992: Assistant Professor: of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University. Numerical solutions of thermal convection and magnetic field generation in rotating spherical shells, convection in plane layers and spherical shells with temperature-dependent viscosity, experimental studies of convection in a rotating annulus, vortex street generation behind moving bubbles, pattern formation induced by erosion of land surfaces.
1985 - 1986: Postdoctoral Research: Groupe de Physique des Solides, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France. Supported by a Joliot-Curie bourse, and then research associate of C.N.R.S. Application of dynamical systems theory to convective systems and experimental studies of shear flow instabilities in an oscillating fluid plane with Prof. B. Perrin, J. Maurer and S. Fauve.
1981 - 1985: Postgraduate Researcher: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles. Stability analysis of two-dimensional convection rolls with free-slip and rigid boundaries, experimental investigation of centrifugally induced convection rolls, and numerical solutions of thermal convection in a rotating spherical shell, with Prof. F.H. Busse.
1981 - 1981: Postgraduate Researcher: Dept. of Earth & Space Sciences, U.C.L.A., with Prof. D.D. Jackson.
1980 - 1980: Teaching Assistantship: Dept. of Earth & Space Sciences, U.C.L.A.
1979 - 1980: Computer programmer: Pacific Union College, Angwin, CA. Nutritional studies, with Prof. M.M. Eigme.
1978 - 1979: High School Teacher: in Physics, Chemistry, Science and Math in Honolulu, HI.
1976 - 1978: Laboratory Assistant: in Physics, Astronomy, Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry, and physics laboratory and demonstration development (320 demos), at Pacific Union College, Angwin, CA.

PUBLICATIONS

Van Hise, J.R., D.E. Martz, R.A. Jackson, D.Y. Kunihira and E.W. Bolton (1982) Polonium-218 half-life, Physical Review C, 25. 2802-2804.
Busse, F.H. and E.W. Bolton (1984) Instabilities of convection rolls with stress-free boundaries near threshold, J. Fluid Mech., 146, 115-125.
Bolton, E.W. and F.H. Busse (1985) Stability of convection rolls in a layer with stress-free boundaries, J. Fluid Mech., 150, 487-498.
Azouni, M.A., E.W. Bolton and F.H. Busse (1986) Convection driven by centrifugal buoyancy in a rotating annulus, Geophys. Astroph. Fluid Dyn., 34 301-317.
Bolton, E.W., F.H. Busse and R.M. Clever (1986) Oscillatory instabilities of convection rolls at intermediate Prandtl numbers, J. Fluid Mech., 164, 469-485.
Fauve, S., E.W. Bolton and M.E. Brachet (1987) Nonlinear oscillatory convection: A quantitative phase dynamics approach, Physica, 29D, 202-214.
Bolton, E.W. (1993) A simple notation for differential vector operations in orthogonal curvilinear coordinates, Geophysical Journal International, 115, 654-666.
Bolton, E.W. and J. Maurer (1994) A new roll-type instability in an oscillating fluid plane, J. Fluid Mech, 268, 293-313.
Bolton, E.W., K.A. Maasch and J. M. Lilly (1995), A wavelet analysis of Plio-Pleistocene climate indicators: A new view of periodicity evolution, Geophysical Research Letters, 22, 2753-2756.
Bolton, E.W., A.C. Lasaga and D.M. Rye, (1996) A model for the kinetic control of quartz dissolution and precipitation in porous media flow with spatially variable permeability: Formulation and examples of thermal convection, Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, 22157-22187.
Bolton, E.W., A.C. Lasaga and D.M. Rye, (1997) Dissolution and precipitation via forced-flux injection in a porous medium with spatially variable permeability: Kinetic control in two dimensions, Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, 12159-12171.
Bolton, E.W., A.C. Lasaga and D.M. Rye, (1999) Long-term flow/chemistry feedback in a porous medium with heterogeneous permeability: Kinetic control of dissolution and precipitation, American Journal of Science, v. 299, pp. 1-68.
Luttge, A., E.W. Bolton, and A.C. Lasaga, (1999) An interferometric study of the dissolution kinetics of anorthite: The role of reactive surface area, Invited paper in: Biogeochemical cycles and their evolution over geologic time. D. Canfield (ed) A special triple issue of the American Journal of Science, A tribute to the career of Robert A. Berner, v. 299, pp. 652-678.
Seilacher, A., M. Meschede, E.W. Bolton, and H. Luginsland, (2000) The Precambrian "fossil" Vermiforma is a tectograph, Geology, v. 28, pp. 235-238.
Lasaga, A.C., A. Luttge, D.M. Rye, and E.W. Bolton, (2000) Dynamic treatment of invariant and univariant reactions in metamorphic systems, American Journal of Science, v. 300, pp. 173-221.
Lasaga, A.C., D.M. Rye, A. Luttge, and E.W. Bolton, (2001) Calculation of fluid fluxes in Earth's crust, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 65, No. 7, pp. 1161-1185.
Breeding, C.M., J.J. Ague, M. Brocker, and E.W. Bolton, (2003) Blueschist preservation in a retrograded, high-pressure, low-temperature metamorphic terrane, Tinos, Greece: Implications for fluid flow paths in subduction zones, G-cubed, Vol. 4, No. 1, 22 Jan. 2003.
Rye, D.M., E.W. Bolton, A. Luttge (2003) Erratum to Antonio C. Lasaga, Danny M. Rye, Andreas Luttge, and Edward W. Bolton (2001) "Calculation of fluid fluxes in the Earth's crust," Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 67, No. 9, p. 1755.
Luttge, A., E.W. Bolton, and D.M. Rye (2004) A kinetic model of metamorphism: An application to siliceous dolomites, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, DOI: 10.1007/s00410-003-0520-8, Vol. 146, No. 5, January 2004, pp. 546 - 565.
Wildman, R. A., Berner, R. A., Petsch, S. T., Bolton, E. W., Eckert, J.O., Mok, U., and, Evans, J.B., (2004) The weathering of sedimentary organic matter as a control on atmospheric O₂: I. Analysis of a black shale, American Journal of Science, Vol. 304, p. 234-249.
Bolton, E.W., D.M. Rye, J.J. Ague, and A. Luttge, (2004) Modeling contact metamorphism of siliceous dolomite via kinetic control of overall reactions, Water-Rock Interaction, Vol. 1, R.B. Wanty and R.R. Seal II, eds., Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, 27 June -2 July 2004, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA, pp. 269-272.
Berner, R.A., E.W. Bolton, R.A. Wildman, and S.T. Petsch, (2004) Organic matter weathering and atmospheric oxygen: A field and modeling study of black shale oxidation, Water-Rock Interaction, Vol. 1, R.B. Wanty and R.R. Seal II, eds., Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, 27 June -2 July 2004, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA, pp. 805-808.
Bolton, E. W., Berner, R. A., and Petsch, S. T., (2006) The weathering of sedimentary organic matter as a control on atmospheric O₂: II. Theoretical Modeling, to appear in American Journal of Science, October, Vol. 306, pp. 575-615.
Neogi, S., Bolton, E.W., and Chakraborty, S., Constraints on timescales of disequilibrium melting in the crust from trace element modelling: A case study of the formation and segregation of melts in the sillimanite zone, Sikkim Himalaya, Submitted to Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Sept., 2007.

BOOK REVIEWS

Bolton, E.W., Review of Buoyancy-induced Flows and Transport, by B. Gebhart, et.al., (Hemisphere, New York, 1988), which appeared in American Scientist, 77, pp. 298-299, 1989.
Bolton, E.W., Review of Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 22, John L. Lumley, et al., editors, published by Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, California 1990, for the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 72, 1399-1400, 1991.

INVITED LECTURE SERIES

Modeling Reactive Flows in Earth's Crust (August 3-4, 2001; Institut fuer Geologie, Mineralogie und Geophysik; Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany)

OTHER INVITED LECTURES

Transcending "Effective Stress" in fluid saturated rock-squeezing experiments: The role of buoyancy and grain contact areas (April 24, 2003; Rheology of the Earth, Colloquium for both Engineering and Earth Sciences, SFB 526; Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany)
Modeling reactive flows in saturated rocks (May 2, 2003; Environmental Engineering Scholars Colloquium, University of Connecticut)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND ABSTRACTS

E.W. Bolton, F.H. Busse and R.M. Clever, An antisymmetric oscillatory instability of convection rolls (Am. Phys. Soc., fluid dynamics meeting at Houston, Texas, Nov. 1983), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 28 (9), 1399, Abstract FD3, 1983.
F.H. Busse and E.W. Bolton, Instabilities of convection rolls with stress-free boundaries, (Am. Phys. Soc., Fluid Dynamics Meeting at Houston, Texas, Nov. 1983), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 28 (9), 1398, Abstract FD2, 1983.
M.A. Azouni, E.W. Bolton and F.H. Busse, Convection columns driven by centrifugal buoyancy, (Am. Phys. Soc., Fluid Dynamics Meeting at Houston, Texas, Nov. 1983), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 28 (9), 1373, Abstract CD1, 1983.
E.W. Bolton, M.A. Azouni, and F.H. Busse, Drifting convection columns in a rotating annulus, XVth International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, August 1984, Lyngby, Denmark, Poster 624P, Section fB-#10.
I.A. Quintanar, E.W. Bolton, F.H. Busse and M.A. Azouni, Experimental measurements of drifting convection columns in a rotating annulus, paper presented on 6 Dec. 85 at the Fall Meeting of the Am. Geoph. Union, San Francisco, CA, EOS, Trans. Am. Geoph. Union, 65, No. 45, p. 871, 1984.
M.A. Azouni, E.W. Bolton, F.H. Busse and I.A. Quintanar, Etude experimentale de la structure convective dans un anneau vertical en rotation, paper presented on 10 Sept. 85 at the Congres National of the Societe Francaise de Physique, Nice, France, 1985.
E.W. Bolton and F.H. Busse, Nonlinear thermal convection in rotating spherical shells, paper presented on 4 Aug. 87 at the Nonlinear Dynamics of Rotating Magnetic Systems Conference at University of California, Los Angeles, 1987.
E.W. Bolton and F.H. Busse, Nonlinear thermal convection in rotating spherical shells, paper GA1.3-7 presented on 19 Aug. 87 at the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) at Vancouver, Canada, 1987.
E.W. Bolton and J. Maurer, A new roll-type instability in an oscillating fluid plane, paper IB-4 presented on 24 Nov. 87 at the Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting of The American Physical Society at Eugene, Oregon, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 32, No. 10, p. 2097, 1987.
E.W. Bolton and H.F. Bolton, Vortex street generation and bubble motion in inclined fluid planes, presented at the Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting of The American Physical Society at Buffalo, NY, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 33, No. 10, p. 2253, 1988.
E.W. Bolton and N.M. Ribe, Square-cell convection in a fluid with temperature dependent viscosity, EOS, Trans of Am. Geoph. Union, 70, p. 1333, 1989.
E.W. Bolton and B. Sayler, Karman vortex feedback and chaotic bubble motion in a rotating annulus, presented at the Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting of The American Physical Society at Palo Alto, CA, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 34, No. 10, p. 2331, 1989.
E.W. Bolton and B. Sayler, The influence of lateral variations of thermal boundary conditions on core convection: Numerical and laboratory experiments, presented at Santa Fe, Studies of the Earth's Deep Interior (SEDI) symposium, August, 1990.
E.W. Bolton and J. Park, The development of anisotropy in a convecting mantle, EOS, Trans of Am. Geoph. Union, 72, p. 508 of Fall 1991 AGU Meeting Supplement, 1991.
E.W. Bolton, Radial functions for spectral/Galerkin modeling of spherical-shell convection, EOS, Trans of Am. Geoph. Union, 73, p. 575 of Fall 1992 AGU Meeting Supplement, 1992.
E.W. Bolton, K.A. Maasch and J. M. Lilly, A Wavelet Analysis of Plio-Pleistocene Climate Indicators: A New View of Periodicity Evolution, EOS, Trans of Am. Geoph. Union, 74, #43, p. 366, 1993.
K.A. Maasch, T.K. Dupont and E.W. Bolton, Climate transition in the mid-Pleistocene: Was the onset of the 100-kyr cycle gradual or abrupt?, EOS, Trans of Am. Geoph. Union, 75, #16, p. 56, 1994.
R.J. Faux, E.W. Bolton and A.C. Lasaga, Cellular automata modeling of growth of 1:1 ordered compound in a binary system and applications to low temperature dolomite formation, EOS, Trans of Am. Geoph. Union, 75, #16, p. 189, 1994.
E.W. Bolton, A.C. Lasaga and D.M. Rye, Kinetically controlled quartz dissolution and precipitation in porous media flow with spatial and temporal variations in permeability, EOS, Trans of Am. Geoph. Union, 75, #44, supplement p. 293, 1994.
E.W. Bolton, A.C. Lasaga and D.M. Rye, Oscillatory quartz precipitation in porous media flow, V.M. Goldschmidt Conference programs and abstracts, p. 32, 24 May 1995 (at Penn State).
E.W. Bolton, A.C. Lasaga and D.M. Rye, Kinetic Effects and Fully-Coupled Long-Term Evolution of Quartz Dissolution and Precipitation in Heterogeneous Porous Media Thermal Convection, EOS, Trans of Am. Geoph. Union, 77, #17, supplement p. S97, 1996.
Bolton, E.W., A.C. Lasaga, D.M. Rye, and S. Chakraborty, Kinetics isotope effects: The competition of diffusion and recrystallization, Geologic Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 29, no. 6, p. A-25, 1997.
Luttge, A., E.W. Bolton, D.M. Rye, and A.C. Lasaga, Kinetics control of metamorphic isograds, Geologic Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 29, no. 6, p. A-94, 1997.
Chakraborty, S., A.C. Lasaga, and E.W. Bolton, Diffusion controlled fractionation of trace elements in magmatic systems, EOS, Trans of Am. Geoph. Union, vol. 78, no. 46, supplement, p. F833, V52A-1, 1997.
Bolton, E.W., A. Luttge, D.M. Rye, and A.C. Lasaga, A 2D model of kinetic metamorphic ``isograds" for the system CaO-SiO₂-MgO-H₂O-CO₂, EOS, Trans of Am. Geoph. Union, vol. 78, no. 46, supplement, p. F835, V52A-19, 1997.
Luttge, A., U. Winkler, E.W. Bolton, and A.C. Lasaga, The dynamics of dissolution as observed by near atomic scale scanning white light interferometry, Geologic Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 30, no. 7, p. A-187, 1998.
Bolton, E.W., A. Luttge, D.M. Rye, and A.C. Lasaga, Kinetic control of contact metamorphism, Geologic Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 30, no. 7, p. A-280, 1998.
Lees, J.M., and E.W. Bolton, Pressure cookers as volcano analogues, (invited poster) EOS, Trans of Am. Geoph. Union, vol. 79, no. 45, supplement, p. F620, S22C-10, 1998.
Bolton, E.W., D.M. Rye, and A.C. Lasaga, A Model for Isotopic Changes During Metamorphism, EOS, Trans of Am. Geoph. Union, vol. 80, no. 46, supplement, p. F1157, V32D-04, 1999.
Bolton, E.W., A. Luttge, D.M. Rye, and A.C. Lasaga, Kinetic modeling of contact metamorphism: Recent results for siliceous carbonates, EOS, Trans of Am. Geoph. Union, vol. 81, no. 48, supplement, p. F482, H72E-08, INVITED, 2000.
Bolton, E.W., On the use of effective stress in granular media, Am. Geoph. Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, H71B-0816, 2002.
Bolton, E.W.; Wildman, R.A., Jr.; Berner, R.A.; Eckert, J.O., Jr.; Petsch, S.T.; Mok, U.; and Evans, B., Black shale weathering: An integrated field and numerical modeling study, EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, Geophysical Research Abstracts, No. EAE03-A-04423, Vol. 5, April 2003.
Chakraborty, S., S. Neogi, and E.W. Bolton, Formation and Segregation of Melts in the Continental Crust: Time Scales From Trace Element Modeling of Rocks From the Sikkim Himalaya, India, EOS, Trans of Am. Geoph. Union, supplement, V42F-06, INVITED, Fall, 2003.
Bolton, E.W., A. Luttge, D.M. Rye, and J.J. Ague, Unexpected Temperature-Fluid Composition Paths in Kinetic Models of Contact Metamorphism of Siliceous Dolomites, EOS, Trans of Am. Geoph. Union, V42G-05, Fall, 2003.
Bolton, E.W., D.M. Rye, J.J. Ague, and A. Luttge, (2004) Modeling contact metamorphism of siliceous dolomite via kinetic control of overall reactions, Water-Rock Interaction, Vol. 1, R.B. Wanty and R.R. Seal II, eds., Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, 27 June -2 July 2004, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA, pp. 269-272.
Berner, R.A., E.W. Bolton, R.A. Wildman, and S.T. Petsch, (2004) Organic matter weathering and atmospheric oxygen: A field and modeling study of black shale oxidation, Water-Rock Interaction, Vol. 1, R.B. Wanty and R.R. Seal II, eds., Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, 27 June -2 July 2004, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA, pp. 805-808.
Bolton, E.W., and R.A. Berner, Oxygen diffusion and consumption in eroding black shales: A control on long-term atmospheric oxygen, INVITED, 15th annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Moscow, ID, May 2005, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 69, (10), Suppl. 1, p. 173.
Bolton, E.W., Fluid-Rock Interaction Models: Code Release and Results, EOS, Trans. of Am. Geophys. Union, Supplement, V31B-0592, Fall Meeting, 2006
Bolton, E.W., Rob Rye, (2007) Reactive transport modeling of weathering, with applications to paleosols, Geological Society of America meeting, Abstracts With Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6. Session: 2. Hydrogeology 28 October 2007, Denver CO.
Bolton, E.W., Bolton, E.W., D.M. Rye, J.J. Ague, and A. Luttge, (2007) Modeling metamorphism: Current results and future directions, INVITED, Geological Society of America meeting, Abstracts With Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6. Session: 127. Numerical Modeling Of Hydrothermal Fluids, 30 October 2007
Rye, Rob, and E.W. Bolton (2007) Reconstructing Archean climate with hard and modified KINFLOW, Geological Society of America meeting, Abstracts With Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6. Session: 121. Precambrian Geology, 30 October 2007, Denver CO.

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

Joliot-Curie Bourse, 1985, at Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France, administered by the Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, France.
Lilly Teaching Fellowship, 1987-1988, The Lilly Endowment, Inc.,$5,000.
Moore Fund, Construction of Fluid Dynamic Displays, $3,000.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Associate Editor, American Journal of Science, January 2004 - Present.

DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEES

Faculty Search Committee (Solid Earth Geophysics): 1987 - 1990
Computer Committee : 1986 - 1993
Graduate Admissions Committee : 1987 - 1988
Secretary for Departmental Faculty Meetings : 1988 - 1991
Program Review and Examination Committee: 1990 - 1992
Brochure Committee : 1989 - 1991

THESIS ADVISING

Bentley Sayler, M.S., A laboratory experiment in rotating thermal convection, 1991.
Wenjie Zhao, M. Phil., Numerical simulation and instability of eroding landforms, 1992.
Randolph J. Faux, Ph. D., Cellular automata simulation of structure formation in low-temperature dolomite, co-advisor with Antonio C. Lasaga, 1996.

SENIOR THESIS ADVISING

Bentley Sayler, Karman vortex feedback on bubble motion in a rotating annulus, 1990.
Brian G. Jamieson, Thermal convection in a rotating annulus, 1991.

SERVICE ON DISSERTATION COMMITTEES [chairman indicated]

Countryman, Jim, Nonlinear leewaves, [Smith].
Davis, Mark, Influence of water and thermal history on nucleation kinetics and viscosity in alkali silicate melt [Ihinger and Lasaga].
Grubisic, Vanda, Influence of the critical layers on the 3D flow over irregular terrain, [Smith].
Hu, Haijun, topic to be chosen, [Saltzman].
Koch, Dorothy, Gravity anomalies and the viscosity structure of the mantle, [Ribe].
Kyle, David (Mechanical Engineering), The instability and breakdown of a round variable-density jet, [Sreenivasan], 1991.
Lee, Jae Hak, The determination of velocities and diffusion coefficients from tracer distributions, [Veronis].
Matteucci, Gianni, The role of stochastic noise on the abrupt climatic transitions of the Pleistocene, [Saltzman].
Musgrave, Kenton (Computer Science), Methods for realistic landscape imaging, [Galernter, Mandelbrot].
Stottlemyer, Thomas R. (Mechanical Engineering), An experimental study of the acoustic emissions from collapsing cavities in liquids, [Apfel].
Sun, Jielun, Tropopause fold investigations: secondary circulation, water vapor and Ozone analyses, [Smith].
Zhang, Taiping, Modeling and parameterization of the land surface processes: Towards the incorporation of an interactive biosphere with the general circulation models, [Saltzman].
Zubair, Lareef (Mechanical Engineering), Studies in turbulence using wavelet transforms for data compression and scale separation, [Sreenivasan], 1993.

REFERENCES for Edward W. Bolton

Professor Danny M. Rye
(e-mail: danny.rye@yale.edu)
(phone: (203) 432-3174, fax: (203) 432-3134)
Department of Geology and Geophysics
Yale University
P.O. Box 208109
New Haven, CT 06520-8109
Professor George Veronis
(e-mail: george.veronis@yale.edu)
(phone: (203) 432-3148, fax: (203) 432-3134)
Department of Geology and Geophysics
Yale University
P.O. Box 208109
New Haven, CT 06520-8109
Professor Katepalli R. Sreenivasan
(e-mail: katepalli.sreenivasan@yale.edu)
(phone: (203) 432-4345, fax: (203) 432-6775)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Yale University
P.O. Box 208284
New Haven, CT 06520-8284
Professor Neil Ribe
(e-mail: ribe@ipgp.jussieu.fr)
(fax: (33)-1-44-27-24-81)
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Universite Paris 7
Laboratoire de Dynamique des Systemes Geologiques
Tour 14-15 - 1er etage, Boite 89
4, place Jussieu
75252 Paris cedex 05
FRANCE
Professor F.H. Busse (phone: 49-921-553329)
(e-mail: Busse@uni-bayreuth.de)
University of Bayreuth
Theoretical Physics IV
858 Bayreuth
West Germany

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