Craig R. Bina
Wayne V. Jones II Professor of Geological Sciences
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1987
847-491-3238
craig@earth.northwestern.edu
Link to personal page here.

Research Interests
Thermodynamics; thermoelasticity; phase transitions; mantle structure, composition, and dynamics; body-wave seismology; subduction processes; networks and complex systems.



Selected Research Projects



Petrological Buoyancy Forces and Slab Dynamics
Bina, Stein, Marton, and Van Ark (2001)
Bina and Navrotsky (2000)
Marton, Bina, Stein, and Rubie (1999)
Bina (1998)
Bina (1997)
Bina (1996)



Bending Moments and Slab Stagnation
Bina and Kawakatsu (2005)
Bina (2005)
Bina, Stein, Marton, and Van Ark (2001)



Lower Mantle Structure and Composition
Bina (2003)
Bina (1998)
Bina and Silver (1997)



Strain Energy Propagation in Networks
Bina (2005)



Shear-Wave Velocities Beneath Oceanic Plateaux
Bina, Okal, and van der Lee (2005)



Fine Structure in the Transition Zone
Bina (2003)
Bina (2002)
Bina (1998)



Subduction Zone Stresses and Seismicity
Chen, Bina, and Okal (2004)
Chen, Bina, and Okal (2001)
Okal and Bina (2001)
Okal and Bina (1998)






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