Paul Silver
Paul Gordon Silver (November 30, 1948 – August 7, 2009) was an American seismologist.
A member of the research staff at the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism of the
Carnegie Institution of Washington since 1982, Paul Silver made a series of important contributions to the investigation of
seismic anisotropy and to
earthquake research by observing the slow redistribution of stress and strain along
fault zones.
Paul Silver and his younger daughter Celine died in an automobile accident in
North Carolina on August 7, 2009.
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