Charles Archambeau
{{short description|American geophysicist}}
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Charles B. Archambeau is an American geophysicist.
Life
He graduated from California Institute of Technology with a PhD in 1964.{{Cite web|url=http://www.seismolab.caltech.edu/alumni.html|title=Alumni - Caltech Seismological Laboratory|access-date=2010-04-06|archive-date=2016-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107220735/http://www.seismolab.caltech.edu/alumni.html|url-status=dead}} He taught at University of Colorado,{{cite web|url=http://cires.colorado.edu/about/history/05.html |title=CIRES History - Solid-Earth Sciences |accessdate=2010-04-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610035847/http://cires.colorado.edu/about/history/05.html |archivedate=2010-06-10 }} and California Institute of Technology.{{Cite web |title=Geophysics |url=http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/356/1/geophysics.pdf |website=calteches.library.caltech.edu}}
In 1997, he studied the geophysics of Yucca Mountain, with John Davies, commissioned by the state of Nevada.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} He is President of Technology Research Associates corporation.{{Cite web |url=http://www.thesciencecouncil.com/index.php/dr-charles-b-archambeau |title=Dr. Charles B. Archambeau |access-date=2010-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714164836/http://www.thesciencecouncil.com/index.php/dr-charles-b-archambeau |archive-date=2010-07-14 |url-status=dead }} In 2010, he signed a letter in favor of the Integral Fast Reactor.{{cite web|url=http://www.beyondfossilfools.com/assets/files/Holdren_Letter_and_Cosigners.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-04-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707231200/http://www.beyondfossilfools.com/assets/files/Holdren_Letter_and_Cosigners.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-07 }}
Awards
Works
- Dialogs on the Yucca Mountain controversy, Charles B. Archambeau, Christine M. Schluter, Jerry S. Szymanski, TRAC (Technology and Resource Assessment Corporation), 1993
- Earthquake hazards determinations based on tectonic stress measurements, University of Colorado, 1981
- Deterministic Methods of Seismic Source Identification, Defense Technical Information Center, 1983
References
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External links
- [https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/5899 Oral history interview with Charles B. Archambeau on 24 July 1998, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives]
- [http://de.scientificcommons.org/charles_b_archambeau "Charles B. Archambeau", Scientific Commons]
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