Jim Murdock graduated from the University of North Carolina (at Chapel Hill) in early 1959 with a B.S. in Geology. He has more than 40 semester hours of post-graduate course work in geology, mathematics, and computer science. As a graduate student, he operated the seismograph station at UNC. He was employed by Texas Instruments Incorporated from 1961 to 1965, by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (later NOAA) from 1965 to 1973, and by U.S. Geological Survey from 1973 to 1986 when he retired from USGS. His experience as a seismologist ranges from evaluation of sites for large seismic arrays to evaluation of earthquake prediction techniques. He is the primary designer of a seismic signal detector that is used worldwide. He has reported a half-dozen seismic refraction experiments and has developed new data reduction techniques therefor. In 1967-1969, he reported both the detailed seismic activity of the central Aleutian Islands and the seismic velocity structure for this region. His interest in the Aleutians has continued after his journal publications in 1969. However the subsequent and continuing work has been a private endeavor not sponsored by any agency.

His bibliography has approximately 50 entries ranging from meeting abstracts to journal articles. These include more than several papers with elements that were counter to the conventional wisdom of the time and that have been confirmed by subsequent investigations.

James N. Murdock
611 Green Valley Dr. SE
Albuquerque, NM 87123, USA
505.299.5254

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