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Patricia A Cooper - Associate Dean
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School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology, Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa
Spalding 360
2540 Maile Way
Honolulu, HI 96822
Phone: 808-956-7541
Fax: 808-956-4261

Dr. Patricia A Cooper
Associate Dean
School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology, Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa

COSEE Role:
co-PI Island Earth, Executive Committee


Primary COSEE Affiliation: Island Earth

Other affiliations:


Interaction with COSEE Network:

Attended Network Meetings, COSEE-CA Meetings



Background with Respect to Ocean Sciences Education:

PhD in Geophysics, focus on marine geophysics; taught at college and CC levels; outreach on behalf of department



Selected Publications:

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:

1998 Cooper, P., Milankovich cycles from Fourier Analysis of geophysical logs from carbonate platforms, ODP Sites 865 and 866, in Camoin and Davies (Eds.), Reefs and carbonate platforms in the Pacific and Indian oceans, I S Sp. Publ., 25:77-92.

1995 Bryan, C. and P. Cooper, Ocean-bottom seismometer observations of seismic activity at Loihi Seamount, Hawaii, Marine Geophysical Researches, 17:485-501.

1995 Cooper, P., Milankovitch cycles from Fourier analysis of logs at Sites 865 and 866, in Sager, W.W., Winterer, E.L., Firth, J.V., et al., Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, College Station, TX, 142:317-328.

1995 Cooper, P., P. Flood, and H. Arnaud, Detailed lithologic control from integration of core, FMS, and conventional well logs, Sites 865 and 866, in Sager, W.W., Winterer, E.L., Firth, J.V., et al., Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, College Station, TX, 142:329-372.

1994 Cooper, P. and L.W. Kroenke, Deep Seismicity in the North Fiji Basin, in L.W. Kroenke and J.V. Eade (eds.), Basin Formation, Ridge Crest Processes and Metalogenesis in the North Fiji Basin, Earth Science Series, Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Houston, Texas, 15:33-40.

1993 Cooper, P., Underway geophysics, in Sager, W.W., Winterer, E.L., Firth, J.V., et al., Proc. of the ODP, Init. Repts., College Station, TX, 143:31-74.

1992 Cooper, P., A. Klaus, et al., Correlation of core and seismic stratigraphy via vertical seismic profiling, logging and laboratory physical properties measurements for the ODP Leg 126 Bonin forearc sites (787, 792, and 793), in Taylor, B., Fujioka, K., et al., Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, College Station, TX, 126:575-585.

1990 Cooper, P., Underway geophysics data collected on Leg 126, in Taylor, B. and Fujioka, K., et al., Proc. of the ODP, Init. Repts., College Station, TX, 126:43-50.

1990 Taylor, B., G. Moore, A. Klaus, M. Systrom, P. Cooper and M. MacKay, Multichannel Seismic Survey of the Central Izu-Bonin Arc, in Taylor, B.and Fujioka, K., et al., Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, College Station, TX, 126:51-60.

1989 Cooper, P. and B. Taylor, Seismicity and focal mechanisms at the New Britain Trench related to lithospheric flexure, Tectonophysics, 164:25-40.

1987 Cooper, P. and B. Taylor, Seismotectonics of New Guinea: A model for arc reversal following arc-continent collision, Tectonics, 6:53-67.

1987 Cooper, P. and B. Taylor, The spatial distribution of earthquakes, focal mechanisms, and subducted lithosphere in the Solomon Islands, in B. Taylor and N. Exon (eds.), Marine Geology and Geophysics in the Woodlark Basin-Solomon Islands Region, Earth Science Series, Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Houston, Texas, 7:67-88.

1987 Cooper, P., P. D. Milholland, and F. K. Duennebier, Microseismicity at the Galapagos 95.5° W propagating rift, J. Geophys. Res., 92:14091-14112.

1986 Cooper, P., L.W. Kroenke, and J.M. Resig, Tectonic implications of the seismicity northeast of the Solomon Islands, in J.G. Vedder, K.S. Pound, and S.Q. Bundy (eds.), Geology and Offshore Resources of Pacific Island Arcs – Solomon Islands Region, Earth Science Series, Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Houston, Texas 4:117-122.

1986 Resig, J.M., L.W. Kroenke and P. Cooper, Elevation of the Pacific Province, Solomon Islands, at the Pacific Australian plate boundary, in J.G. Vedder£, Vedder, K.S. Pound, and S.Q. Bundy (eds.), Geology and Offshore Resources of Pacific Island Arcs – Solomon Islands Region, Earth Science Series, Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Houston, Texas 4:261-266.

1986 Kroenke, L.W., J.M. Resig, and P. Cooper, Tectonics of the south-eastern Solomon Islands: Formation of the Malaita Anticlinorium, in J.G. Vedder, Vedder, K.S. Pound, and S.Q. Bundy (eds.), Geology and Offshore Resources of Pacific Island Arcs – Solomon Islands Region, Earth Science Series, Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Houston, Texas 4:109-115

1985 Cooper, P. and B. Taylor, Polarity reversal in the Solomon Islands, Nature, 314:428-430. [See also Reply to Comments by W.R.H. Ramsay, Nature, 318:392.]

Technical Reports:
Tending and Befriending: The Importance of Mentoring Women Students and Faculty in Science and Engineering Fields, Report to Eleventh Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology, 2004 Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 30 May – 4 June, 2004.

Hawaii Geothermal Assessment Program, Geophysics Subtask: Microseismicity Survey and Imaging of Crustal Complexity in the Puna Geothermal Region, Final Report to Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, State of Hawaii, 1995.

Published Abstracts:

2006 Hicks, T. and P. Cooper, SOEST Educational Activities: School Involvement and Collaboration on the Kilo Moana (SEA SICK), 2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, Feb. 20-24, 2006.

2004 P. Cooper, Undergraduate Research Internship Project at SOEST, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union.

1995 P. Cooper and M. Dustman, Field studies of seismic anisotropy in the shallow crust of the Puna Geothermal Field, Hawaii, Seismological Society of America 1995 Annual Meeting, El Paso, Texas.

1995 P. Cooper and M. Dustman, Field studies of seismic anisotropy in the shallow crust of the Puna Geothermal Field, Hawaii, International Conference on Theoretical and Computational Acoustics, Honolulu, Hawaii.

1993 P. Cooper, P. Flood, H. Arnaud, and E. Winterer, Milankovitch cycles in carbonate platform sediments, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union.

1993 M. Dustman, P. Cooper, and J-M. Chiu, Results from the 1993 microseismicity study, lower East Rift zone, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union.

1992 P. Cooper and P. Flood, Interpretation of Resistivity Data in the Cretaceous Lagoonal/Backreef Carbonate Sediments of Western Pacific Guyots; ODP Sites 865 and 866, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 73:587.

1990 P. Cooper and Leg 126 Scientific Party, Evolution of the Izu-Bonin Forearc Basin, 1990 Circum-Pacific Energy and Mineral Resources Conference, Honolulu, HI.

1989 P. Cooper and Leg 126 Scientific Party, Izu-Bonin Forearc Development: Leg 126, ODP Sites 787, 792 and 793 Lithostratigraphic-Seismostratigraphic Correlations, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 70:1313.

1988 P. Cooper and F. Duennebier, OBS monitoring of Loihi Seamount microseismicity, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 69:1320.

1987 P. Cooper, F.K. Duennebier, R.K. Cessaro, H. Matsumoto, and R.Y. Koyonagi, The Loihi Microseismicity Experiment, Hawaii Volcano Observatory 50th Anniversary Jubilee, Jan. 19-23, 1987, Hilo, Hawaii.

1987 P. Cooper and F.K. Duennebier, Loihi Seamount Microseismicity, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 68:1553.

1987 P. Cooper and B. Taylor, Morphology of the Wadati-Benioff Zone at the New Britain Corner, EOS, Trans, Am. Geophys. Union, 68:1445.

1987 F.J. Olivier, D. A. Walker, L.W. Kroenke, C.S. McCreery and P. Cooper, The Micronesan Trench: Additional evidence from earthquake epicenters, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 68:1497.

1986 P. Cooper and B. Taylor, Seismotectonics of New Guinea, WESTPAC Symposium, Dec. 1-6, 1986, Townsville, Australia.

1985 P. Cooper and B. Taylor, The structure and evolution of the northern New Guinea collision zone: A model for arc reversal, Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 66:1078.

1984 P. Cooper and B. Taylor, Seismicity, focal mechanisms and subducted lithosphere in the New Britain-Solomon Islands region, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 65:998.

1977 Sutton, G.H., F.K. Duennebier, A.R. Lazarewicz, and P. A. Cooper, Strong resonances in OBS, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 58:1190.

1975 Hussong, D.M., I.D. Bishop, P. A. Principal (Cooper), and L.K. Wipperman, Crustal structure of the East Pacific Rise from 6°S to 24°S, IUGG.



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