Research Interests

 ·  Analytic modeling of thermal stress and strains in oceanic lithosphere

·   Rheology of oceanic lithosphere

·   Numerical modeling of thermal and intra-plate stress and strain fields in oceanic lithosphere using Finite Element and Finite Difference Methods

   Presentations

·    Jay Kumar Mishra, Richard G Gordon, Chuck DeMets, Donald Argus. Do transform faults parallel plation motion? American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2008    (abstract)

·    Jay Kumar Mishra, Richard G Gordon, Chuck DeMets, Donald Argus. Do transform faults parallel plation motion? American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2009

·    Richard G. Gordon and Jay Kumar Mishra: Displacement rate of pacific plate due to horizontal thermal contraction.  American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2009    (abstract)

·    Corne Kreemer, Richard G. Gordon and Jay Kumar Mishra. The effect of horizontal thermal contraction on oceanic intraplate deformation: Examples for the Pacific. European Geosciences Union, 2010 (abstract)

·    Jay Kumar Mishra, Richard G Gordon, Chuck DeMets, Donald Argus. Do transform faults parallel plation motion? Glade Meeting 2010, Scripps Institute of Oceanography