Michael Manga

Michael Manga

Title
Professor
Department
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
Faculty URL
http://seismo.berkeley.edu/~manga/
Email
manga@seismo.berkeley.edu
Phone
(510) 643-8532
Fax
(510) 643-9980
 
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Research Expertise and Interest
hydrogeology, fluid mechanics, geomorphology, earth & planetary science, geological processes involving fluids, including problems in physical volcanology, geodynamics, dynamics of suspensions, flow & transport in porous materials, percolation theory
Research Description

Michael Manga received his B.S. in geophysics from McGill University in 1990, his M.S. in engineering sciences from Harvard University in 1992, and as his Ph.D in Earth and Planetary Science also from Harvard University in 1994.

His current research interests focusses human-induced earthquakes, the behavior of geysers, water on Mars, and volcano science.

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November 26, 2019

UC Berkeley Professors Named AAAS Fellows

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November 26, 2019

Five Berkeley faculty members elected fellows of the AAAS

Five Berkeley faculty members have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor bestowed upon the society’s members by their peers. The five are among 443 members awarded the honor because of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. Founded in 1848, the AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of Science and five other journals.
April 30, 2015

Did dinosaur-killing asteroid trigger largest lava flows on Earth?

The asteroid that slammed into the ocean off Mexico 66 million years ago and killed off the dinosaurs probably rang the Earth like a bell, triggering volcanic eruptions around the globe, according to a team of UC Berkeley geophysicists. The impact may have re-ignited the eruptions at the Deccan Traps, initiating the largest lava flows on Earth.

February 11, 2010

Strongest evidence to date links exploration well to Lusi mud volcano

New data provide the strongest evidence to date that the world's biggest mud volcano, which killed 13 people in 2006 and so far has displaced 30,000 people in East Java, Indonesia, was not caused by an earthquake, according to an international scientific team that includes researchers from Durham University and the UC Berkeley.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science
November 26, 2019

UC Berkeley Professors Named AAAS Fellows

Honorees recognized for achievements in heavy element chemistry, tectonics, microbial photosynthesis, geological processes, particle physics, and biomolecular engineering
new AAAS fellows
November 26, 2019

Five Berkeley faculty members elected fellows of the AAAS

Five Berkeley faculty members have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor bestowed upon the society’s members by their peers. The five are among 443 members awarded the honor because of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. Founded in 1848, the AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of Science and five other journals.
April 30, 2015

Did dinosaur-killing asteroid trigger largest lava flows on Earth?

The asteroid that slammed into the ocean off Mexico 66 million years ago and killed off the dinosaurs probably rang the Earth like a bell, triggering volcanic eruptions around the globe, according to a team of UC Berkeley geophysicists. The impact may have re-ignited the eruptions at the Deccan Traps, initiating the largest lava flows on Earth.

February 11, 2010

Strongest evidence to date links exploration well to Lusi mud volcano

New data provide the strongest evidence to date that the world's biggest mud volcano, which killed 13 people in 2006 and so far has displaced 30,000 people in East Java, Indonesia, was not caused by an earthquake, according to an international scientific team that includes researchers from Durham University and the UC Berkeley.

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December 10, 2019

'Tiger Stripes' on Saturn's Moon Enceladus Explained

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Stephanie Mlot
Wrinkles, or "tiger stripes," on Saturn's moon Enceladus have intrigued astronomers since they were first noticed by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in 2005. Now a team of researchers that includes earth and planetary science professor Michael Manga has determined that they are tectonic fractures and ridges, and that jets of water and vapor flush in and out of the cracks, pulled by the tidal effects of Saturn's gravity. Lead author Doug Hemingway, who conducted this study as a Miller Fellow at Berkeley but is now at the Carnegie Institution for Science, says: "What makes them especially interesting is that they are continually erupting with water ice, even as we speak. ... No other icy planets or moons have anything quite like them. ... Since it is thanks to these fissures that we have been able to sample and study Enceladus' subsurface ocean, which is beloved by astrobiologists, we thought it was important to understand the forces that formed and sustained them. ... Our modeling of the physical effects experienced by the moon's icy shell points to a potentially unique sequence of events and processes that could allow for these distinctive stripes to exist." Stories on this topic appeared in dozens of sources around the world, including CNET.
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