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Dr. William Murphy
Dr. William Murphy, President and Chief Scientist

Experience:
President and Chief Scientist Theoretical and Applied Geology -1998-present
Principal and CEO Earthworks LLC, 1998-present
Director and Geophysicist Schlumberger Doll Research, 1982-1998
Research Assistant Stanford University, 1979-1982

Education:
Ph.D., Geophysics Stanford University, 1982
M.S., Engineering Mechanics Stanford University, 1982
B.A., Geology; Minor in physics Williams College, 1973

Research Interests:
Geophysical measurements for engineering applications
Elastodynamic properties of rocks and sediments
Sedimentation Processes
Structural Stability
Fluid Mechanics

Selected Publications:
Earthworks LLC, Subsurface Geophysical Exploration, Newark Bay and Arthur Kill:
Task #2:Rock Evaluation; Task #3: Black Silt Thickness, Delivery Order #0003,
Contract DACW51-02-D-0005 (IDC #180), USACE NY District, 2003.
W. Murphy, A. Reischer, B. Ward, J. Grotzinger and C. Kerans, On procedures and standards
for digital geology, Schlumberger Research Note 97-097, 1997.
R. Ramamorthy and W. Murphy, Fluid identification through sonic modulus decomposition
in carbonate rocks, 38th Annual Logging Symposium Transactions, Society of
Professional Log Analysts, 1997.
W. Murphy, A. Reischer and D. Miller, SDR-LILCO subsurface pipe detection using GPR,
Schlumberger Research Note 95-12, 1995
K. Winkler and W. Murphy, Acoustic velocities and attenuation in porous rocks, in
in Handbook of Physical Constants, American Geophysical Union, 1995.
W. Murphy, A. Reischer, and K. Hsu, Modulus decomposition of compressional and shear
velocities in sands, Geophysics 58, 227-239, 1993
K. Liang, M. Supp and W. Murphy, Mapping mineralogy distribution and abundance in rocks
by infrared spectroscopy, Scanning 12, 168-178, 1990.
F. Auzerais, R. Jackson, W. Russel and W. Murphy, The transient settling of stable and
flocculated sediments, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 221, 613-639, 1990.
W. Murphy, Seismic, sonic and ultrasonic velocities: theory and experiment,
Geophysical Research Letters, 12, 85-88, 1985.

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