Earthquake Expert to Lead Seismology Lab
Hiroo Kanamori has been named director of Caltech’s Seismological Laboratory. Kanamori, the John E. and Hazel S. Smits professor of geophysics at Caltech, is past president of the Seismological Society of America. His research centers on the causes of earthquakes and the structure of the Earth’s crust and mantle. He also studies tsunamis and volcanoes.
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