DAVID W. SCHOLL

 

PRESENT AFFILICATIONS

Research Associate, Moss Landing Marine Laboratory, Moss Landing, CA, 94305

Consulting Professor, Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305

Emeritus Senior Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025

dscholl@usgs.gov (or) dscholl@pangea.stanford.edu

 

ACADEMIC DEGREES:

1956--Bachelor's degree in geology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; 1958--Master's degree in marine geology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; and 1962--Ph.D. in geology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.

 

PRINCIPAL RESEARCH INTERESTS:

1) Subduction zone tectonic processes, arc evolution, and crustal recycling and mass balances, and 2) extra-regional scale settings involved in establishing new arc-trench systems and backarc basins.

 

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCES IN THE EARTH SCIENCE.

1) 1958: Joined the Alaskan Branch of the U.S. Geological Survey as marine geologist/geophysicist. Principal investigative activity was Chukchi Sea and northwestern coastal region of Alaskan.

2) 1962-1967: Civilian research scientist in marine geology and geophysics with the U.S. Navy at the Naval Electronics Laboratory, San Diego, then (1963) at NOTS, China Lake, CA. Principal studies areas where the Aleutian-Bering Sea region and the north central and central sectors of the Chile Trench and adjacent continental margin

3) 1967: Rejoined the USGS as research scientist with the Branch of Pacific-Arctic Marine Geology. Served as co-chief scientist on DSDP Leg 19 to the Aleutian Bering Sea region. From 1974-1978, serve as Chief of the Branch of Pacific-Arctic Marine Geology during it's period of accelerated growth in personnel and operations of sea-going research vessels assigned to supervise studies offshore of western conterminous United States and Alaska.

4) 1978-1982: Assigned to marine geological and geophysical studies concerning the evolution and resource potentials of the Aleutian-Bering Sea region.

5) 1982-1985: Assigned to studies on the evolution and resource potentials of the Tonga Ridge-Lau Basin sector of the SW Pacific Rim.

6) 1985-1994: Re-assigned to regional-scale studies of the evolution and resources of the Aleutian-Bering Sea region and also of the south-central Chilean subduction zone.

            7) 1995: Because senior emeritus scientist with the US Geological Survey.

            8) 1995: Appointed as Consulting Professor, Geophysics, Stanford University.

            9) 2001: Appointed as Research Associate, Moss Landing Marine Laboratory

 

PUBLICATIONS

Since 1955, roughly 170 scientific papers and a matching number of abstracts have been published, including both as a coordinating and contributing editor, 5 book-length documents.

 

TEN RECENT PUBLICATIONS

            Scholl, D. W., Marlow, M. S., Buffington, E. C., 1976: Summit basins of Aleutian Ridge, North Pacific: Am. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. Bull., v. 59, p. 799-816.

            Scholl, D. W., Marlow, M. S., MacLeod, N.S., and Buffington, E. C., 1976, Episodic Aleutian Ridge volcanic activity: Implications of Miocene and younger submarine volcanism west of Buldir Island: Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., v. 87, p. 547-554.

            Scholl, D. W., Vallier, T. L., and Stevenson, A. J., 1987, Geologic evolution and petroleum geology of the Aleutian Ridge, in Scholl, D. W., Grantz, A., and Vedder, J. G., (eds), Geology and resource potential of the continental margin of western North America and adjacent ocean basins--Beaufort Sea to Baja California: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 6, p. 124-155, Houston, Texas.

            Geist, E. L., Childs, J. R., and Scholl, D. W., 1988, The origin of summit basins of the Aleutian Ridge: implications for block rotation of an arc massif: Tectonics, v. 7, p. 327-341.

            Ryan, H.F., and Scholl, D.W., 1989, The evolution of forearc structures along an oblique convergent margin, central Aleutian Arc: Tectonics, v. 8, p. 497-516.

            Marlow, M. S., Scholl, D. W., Buffington, E. C., and Alpha, T. R., 1973a, Tectonic history of the Central Aleutian Arc: Geol. Soc. Am., v. 84, p. 1555-1574.

            Scholl, D. W., Buffington, E. C., Marlow, M. S., 1975, Plate tectonics and the structural evolution of the Aleutian - Bering Sea region: in Forbes, R. R., Contributions to the geology of the Bering Sea basin and adjacent regions: Geol. Soc. Am., Spec. Paper 151, p. 1-31.

            Scholl, D. W., Vallier, T. L., and Stevenson, A. J., 1986, Terrane accretion, production, and continental growth--a perspective based on the origin and tectonic fate of the Aleutian-Bering Sea region: Geology, v. 14, p. 43-47.

            Scholl, D. W., Grantz, A., and Vedder, J. G., (editors and compilers), 1987, Geology and resource potential of the continental margin of western North America and adjacent ocean basins--Beaufort Sea to Baja California: Circum­Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 6, 799 pp, Houston, Texas.

            Geist, E.L., and Scholl, D.W., 1992, Application of continuum models to deformation of the Aleutian Island Arc: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 97, p. 4953-4967.

 

LIST OF RECENT COLLABORATORS ON PROJECTS/PAPERS

Roland von Huene, Paola Vannucchi, David Rea, Patricia Fryer, Gene Yogodzinski, Peter Kelemen, Jeff Freymueller, John Oldow, Gary Greene, John Tarduno, Robert Duncan, Simon Klemperer, Brad Singer, Jennifer Reynolds.

 

GRADUATE ADVISORS

K.O. Emery (deceased), John Harbough,


GRADUATE ADVISEES

1) Jane Laursen, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark (PhD)

2) Kris Walker, Geophysics, Stanford University (Masters)

3) Bryan Kerr, Geophyscis, Stanford University (PhD)

4) Carlos Mortera, Instituto de Geof’sica, UNAM, Mexico City (PhD)