Alexander Webb
Associate Professor at University of Hong Kong
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Biography
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Research Interest
- Tectonic processes and interactions with other planetary systems
- Himalayan / east Asian tectonics
- Early terrestrial planet lithosphere development
- Salt tectonics and surface processes
Education
- PhD University of California, Los Angeles (2001 — 2007)
- BA Amherst College (1997 — 2001)
Companies
- Associate Professor University of Hong Kong (2016)
- Associate Professor of Structural Geology University of Leeds (2015 — 2016)
- Associate Professor Louisiana State University (2014 — 2015)
- Assistant Professor Louisiana State University (2008 — 2014)
Publications
- Webb, A.A.G., Guo, H., Clift, P.D., Husson, L., Müller, T., Costantino, D., Yin, A., Xu, Z., Cao, H., Wang, Q., 2017, The Himalaya in 3D: slab dynamics controlled mountain building and monsoon intensification. Lithosphere, v. 9, p. 637-651.
- Moore, W.B., Simon, J.I., Webb, A.A.G., 2017, Heat-pipe Planets. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 474, p. 13-19.
- Colón, C., Webb, A.A.G., Lasserre, C., Doin, M.-P., Renard, F., Lohman, R., Li, J.-H., 2016, The variety of subaerial active salt deformations in the Kuqa fold-thrust belt (China) constrained by InSAR. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 450, p. 83-95.
- He, D., Webb, A.A.G., Larson, K.P., Martin, A.J., Schmitt, A.K., 2015, Extrusion vs. duplexing models of Himalayan mountain building 3: Duplexing dominates from Oligocene to present. International Geology Review, v. 57, p. 1-27.
- Moore, W.B., Webb, A.A.G., 2013, Heat-pipe Earth. Nature, v. 501, p. 501-505.
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