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American seismologist and volcanologist (1926–2004)
Jerry P. Eaton
Born(1926-12-11)December 11, 1926
Central Valley (California)
DiedApril 2, 2004(2004-04-02) (aged 77)
Los Altos, California
Known forSeismology, Volcanology
Academic background
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (BA, PhD)

Jerry P. Eaton (December 11, 1926 – April 2, 2004) was an American seismologist and volcanologist who served as director of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory from 1956–58, and as scientist-in-charge from 1960–61. He was born in 1926, on a farm in California's Central Valley near Fresno. He died of cancer in 2004, aged 77, at his home in Los Altos, California.

Education

Eaton has received two degrees from University of California, Berkeley; a 1949 B.A. in physics, and a 1953 Ph.D. in geophysics.

Career

Eaton began at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory in 1953, after completing his Ph.D. During his time there, he was responsible for installing equipment to measure tremors from Kīlauea. The equipment he designed and installed were 5 to 10 times more sensitive than the seismographs already in use, and thus picked up more earthquakes for study. He is also credited with writing the first computer program to pinpoint locations of earthquakes.

After his term as scientist-in-charge, he left the Observatory for the Geological Survey Crustal Studies Branch and went on to develop an earthquake monitoring system for the Rocky Mountain-Great Plains region. He served as president of the Seismological Society of America from 1966–67.

In 1960, he published a paper in the journal Science titled "How Volcanoes Grow", which was later described in SFGATE as "a classic and the most authoritative paper on the subject".

References

  1. Babb, Janet L.; Kauahikaua, James P.; Tilling, Robert I. (2011). "The story of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory—A remarkable first 100 years of tracking eruptions and earthquakes". U.S. Geological Survey General Information Product 135. General Information Product: i-63. doi:10.3133/gip135.
  2. Lee, W. H. K.; Ellsworth, W. L. (July 1, 2004). "Jerry P. Eaton (1926–2004)" (PDF). Seismological Research Letters. 75 (4): 472–474. Bibcode:2004SeiRL..75..472L. doi:10.1785/gssrl.75.4.472. ISSN 0895-0695.
  3. "Jerry Eaton, pioneering earthquake scientist". San Jose Mercury News. April 7, 2004 – via Narkive.
  4. Eaton, Jerry P. "Biographical Sketch for: Jerry P. Eaton" (PDF). In Lee, William H. K. (ed.). "1966 Parkfield (California) Earthquake Archive: in Memory of Dr. Jerry P. Eaton (1926–2004)".
  5. ^ "OF NOTE". The Washington Post. April 12, 2004. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  6. "Volcano Watch — Seismologist Jerry Eaton gives the Observatory a technology boost in the 1950s". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  7. Jackson, W. H.; Eaton, J. P. (1971). Satellite Relay Telemetry of Seismic Data in Earthquake Prediction and Control. International Workshop on Earth Resources Survey Systems. Vol. 2.
  8. Eaton, J. P.; Murata, K. J. (1960). "How Volcanoes Grow". Science. 132 (3432): 925–938. Bibcode:1960Sci...132..925E. doi:10.1126/science.132.3432.925. ISSN 0036-8075. JSTOR 1706650. PMID 17795159.
  9. Perlman, David (April 7, 2004). "Jerry Eaton – 'one of the giants in geophysics'". SFGATE. Retrieved May 7, 2023.

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