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Research Interests

Geophysics
Seismology
Tectonics

Current projects:

  • Lower crustal densities from converted body waves
  • Elastic parameters of the Earth’s crust and mantle
  • Crustal and upper mantle structure, mantle flow, and the geodynamics of Chile Ridge subduction, Patagonia, Chile
  • Seismic attenuation and anisotropy in the rupture regions of the Maule and Illapel earthquakes, Chile
  • Lithosphere-asthenosphere coupling in the Pacific Basin
  • Numerical modeling of Pacific-Farallon ridge reorientation

Courses Taught

ESC 1000 Introduction to Earth Science
OCE 1001 Oceanography
GLY 2010 Physical Geology
GLY 5455 Introduction to Geophysics
GLY 5466 Seismology and Earth Structure
GLY 5468 Terrestrial Gravity and Magnetism
GLY 6932 Writing for Geology
GLY 6932 Analysis of Time Series in Geology
GLY 6932 Rheology of the Earth
IDH 3931 Art and Science in the Western World

Contact Information

Email: rrusso@ufl.edu  or rmrusso2010@gmail.com
Phone: +1 352 392 6766 office phone, +1 352 392 9294 fax
Mailing address:
Department of Geological Sciences
241 Williamson Hall
P.O. Box 112120
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611