Primary Convener:
Lisa McNeill, University of Southampton

Convener:
Lisa McNeill, University of Southampton
Nadia Lapusta, California Institute of Technology

Chair:
Lisa McNeill, University of Southampton
Nadia Lapusta, California Institute of Technology

The Francis Birch Lecture honors scientific contributions of the renowned geophysicist that was concerned chiefly with elasticity, phase relations, thermal properties and heat flow, and the composition of the Earth’s interior. The Birch Lecture is also a part of the Bowie Lecture series, which was inaugurated in 1989 to commemorate the 50th presentation of the William Bowie medal, which is AGU’s highest honor and named for its first president. Birch is a past recipient of the William Bowie medal.

Index Terms
8199 General or miscellaneous

Co-Organized Sessions:
Seismology

Neighborhoods:
2. Earth Interior

Cross-Listed:
S - Seismology

Named Lectures:
Named Lectures