James S. McClain
Ph.D., Washington (1979)
Professor; Associate Dean of Letters & Science
University of California, Davis, Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award recipient, 2003

Geophysics; mid- ocean ridge processes; structure of the oceanic crust; geophysical inverse theory; 3 dimensional structure of the oceanic crust. Recent projects include study of magma chambers under the East Pacific Rise; seismicity and dynamics of hydrothermal systems on the ridges and continental volcanoes; evolution of the oceanic crust; structures of seamounts and fracture zones.

mcclain@geology.ucdavis.edu
(530) 752-7093