Frank Donald Stacey (21 August 1929, Essex, UK) is an English-born Australian geophysicist, known for his research on rock magnetism ^[1] and application of thermodynamics to understanding the Earth's core and mantle. ^{[2] [3] [1]}

Education and career

At the University of London, Stacey graduated with a B.Sc. in 1950 and a Ph.D. in 1953. As a postdoc, he was from 1953 to 1956 a research fellow at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. From 1961 to 1964 he was a Royal Society Gassiot Fellow in Geomagnetism at the Meteorological Office Research Unit of the University of Cambridge. ^[4] Near the beginning of his career he published several papers in The Philosophical Magazine. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]} He was a Reader in Physics at the University of Queensland from 1964 to 1971 ^[4] — during those years he wrote the first three editions of Physics of the Earth. ^[9] (In 1988 a fourth edition was published with Paul McEwan Davis as co-author. ^[9]) In 1968 Stacey received his D.Sc. from the University of London. From 1971 to 1990 he was a professor of Applied Physics at the University of Queensland. ^[4] He was appointed to visiting lectureships in several different countries. In 1997 he joined the Australian Government agency CSIRO Exploration and Mining. ^[9]

Louis Néel’s 1955 paper Some theoretical aspects of rock-magnetism ^[10] inspired Stacey to generalize Néel's single-domain theory for magnetic grains to multi-domained grains. In the theory of remanence for igneous rocks, Stacey introduced the concept of pseudo-single domain for magnetic grains which are small and multi-domained. ^{[1] [11]} He did research on scientifically describing rock fabric using magnetic anisotropy ^{[1] [12]} and predicting earthquakes and volcanic eruptions using piezomagnetism. ^{[1] [13] [14]} With several colleagues, Stacey investigated possible failures of Newton's law of gravity. ^{[15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]}

Using a lattice dynamical formulation for the Grüneisen parameter, he developed a new equation of state for high pressures with applications to materials in the Earth's core and lower mantle. ^{[1] [21]} His book Physics of the Earth became a widely used, standard textbook and was the first geophysics textbook to comprehensively deal with solid Earth geophysics. ^[1]

Stacey chaired from 1966 to 1967 the Australian Institute of Physics, Queensland branch. He was elected in 1979 a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science ^[4] and in 1986 a Fellow der American Geophysical Union. ^[22] In 1994 he was awarded the Louis Néel Medal. ^[1]

Selected publications

Articles

• Stacey, F. D.; Joplin, Germaine; Lindsay, J. (1960). "Magnetic anisotropy and fabric of some foliated rocks from S.E. Australia". Geofisica Pura e Applicata. 47 (1): 30–40. Bibcode: 1960GeoPA..47...30S. doi: 10.1007/BF01992481. S2CID  129917300.
• Stacey, F.D. (1963). "The physical theory of rock magnetism". Advances in Physics. 12 (45): 45–133. Bibcode: 1963AdPhy..12...45S. doi: 10.1080/00018736300101263.
• Stacey, Frank D. (1964). "The seismomagnetic effect". Pure and Applied Geophysics Pageoph. 58 (1): 5–22. Bibcode: 1964PApGe..58....5S. doi: 10.1007/BF00879136. S2CID  140161347.
• Stacey, Frank D.; Johnston, Malcolm J. S. (1972). "Theory of the piezomagnetic effect in titanomagnetite-bearing rocks". Pure and Applied Geophysics Pageoph. 97 (1): 146–155. Bibcode: 1972PApGe..97..146S. doi: 10.1007/BF00875958. hdl: 2027.42/43261. S2CID  140715647.
• Gladwin, M.T.; Stacey, F.D. (1974). "Anelastic degradation of acoustic pulses in rock". Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 8 (4): 332–336. Bibcode: 1974PEPI....8..332G. doi: 10.1016/0031-9201(74)90041-7.
• Davis, P.M.; Hastie, L.M.; Stacey, F.D. (1974). "Stresses within an active volcano — with particular reference to kilauea". Tectonophysics. 22 (3–4): 355–362. Bibcode: 1974Tectp..22..355D. doi: 10.1016/0040-1951(74)90091-2.
• Stacey, Frank D. (1977). "A thermal model of the earth". Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 15 (4): 341–348. Bibcode: 1977PEPI...15..341S. doi: 10.1016/0031-9201(77)90096-6.
• Stacey, F. D.; Brennan, B. J.; Irvine, R. D. (1981). "Finite strain theories and comparisons with seismological data". Geophysical Surveys. 4 (3): 189–232. Bibcode: 1981GeoSu...4..189S. doi: 10.1007/BF01449185. S2CID  129899060.
• Stacey, Frank D.; Loper, David E. (1983). "The thermal boundary-layer interpretation of D" and its role as a plume source". Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 33 (1): 45–55. Bibcode: 1983PEPI...33...45S. doi: 10.1016/0031-9201(83)90006-7.
• Loper, David E.; Stacey, Frank D. (1983). "The dynamical and thermal structure of deep mantle plumes". Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 33 (4): 304–317. Bibcode: 1983PEPI...33..304L. doi: 10.1016/0031-9201(83)90047-X.
• Stacey, Frank D. (1995). "Theory of thermal and elastic properties of the lower mantle and core". Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 89 (3–4): 219–245. Bibcode: 1995PEPI...89..219S. doi: 10.1016/0031-9201(94)03005-4.
• Stacey, Frank D. (1998). "Thermoelasticity of a mineral composite and a reconsideration of lower mantle properties". Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 106 (3–4): 219–236. Bibcode: 1998PEPI..106..219S. doi: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00084-3.
• Stacey, Frank D.; Anderson, Orson L. (2001). "Electrical and thermal conductivities of Fe–Ni–Si alloy under core conditions". Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 124 (3–4): 153–162. Bibcode: 2001PEPI..124..153S. doi: 10.1016/S0031-9201(01)00186-8.
• Stacey, F.D.; Davis, P.M. (2004). "High pressure equations of state with applications to the lower mantle and core". Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 142 (3–4): 137–184. Bibcode: 2004PEPI..142..137S. doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2004.02.003.
• Stacey, Frank D. (2005). "High pressure equations of state and planetary interiors". Reports on Progress in Physics. 68 (2): 341–383. Bibcode: 2005RPPh...68..341S. doi: 10.1088/0034-4885/68/2/R03. S2CID  119938814.
• Stacey, F.D.; Loper, D.E. (2007). "A revised estimate of the conductivity of iron alloy at high pressure and implications for the core energy balance". Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 161 (1–2): 13–18. Bibcode: 2007PEPI..161...13S. doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2006.12.001.
• Stacey, Frank D.; Hodgkinson, Jane H. (2019). "Thermodynamics with the Grüneisen parameter: Fundamentals and applications to high pressure physics and geophysics". Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 286: 42–68. Bibcode: 2019PEPI..286...42S. doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2018.10.006. S2CID  125922484.

Books

• Physics of the Earth, Wiley 1969 ^[23] LCCN  70-81330
  • with Paul McEwan Davis: Physics of the Earth, Cambridge University Press, 4th edition 2008 (1st edition, Wiley, New York 1969) LCCN  2008-279148 ISBN  9780521873628
• with Subir K. Banerjee The physical principles of rock magnetism, Elsevier 1974 ISBN  0-444-41084-8 book description from Elsevier
• as editor with M. S. Paterson and A. Nicolas Anelasticity in the Earth, Geodynamics Series, Vol. 4, American Geophysical Union/Geological Society of America 1981
• with Jane H. Hodgkinson The Earth as a cradle of life, World Scientific 2013 ^{[24] [25]} ISBN  9789814508322
• with Jane H. Hodgkinson Practical handbook of Earth science, CRC Press 2017 LCCN  2017-8776 ISBN  9781351374705 ^[26]

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