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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

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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]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Frank D. Stacey, 1994 Louis Néel Medal". European Geosciences Union Newsletter. 51: 26. 1994.
  2. ^ Stacey, Frank D. (1972). "Physical properties of the Earth's core". Geophysical Surveys. 1 (1): 99–119. Bibcode:1972GeoSu...1...99S. doi:10.1007/BF01449553. S2CID 140557243.
  3. ^ Stacey, FD; Irvine, RD (1977). "Theory of Melting: Thermodynamic Basis of Lindemann's Law". Australian Journal of Physics. 30 (6): 631. Bibcode:1977AuJPh..30..631S. doi:10.1071/ph770631.
  4. ^ a b c d Walker, Rosanne. "Stacey, Frank Donald (1929 - )". Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation.
  5. ^ Stacey, F. D. (1959). "A domain theory of magnetic grains in rocks". Philosophical Magazine. 4 (41): 594–605. Bibcode:1959PMag....4..594S. doi:10.1080/14786435908238255.
  6. ^ Stacey, F. D. (1961). "Theory of the magnetic properties of igneous rocks in alternating fields". Philosophical Magazine. 6 (70): 1241–1260. Bibcode:1961PMag....6.1241S. doi:10.1080/14786436108243374.
  7. ^ Stacey, F. D. (1962). "A generalized theory of thermoremanence, covering the transition from single domain to multi-domain magnetic grains". Philosophical Magazine. 7 (83): 1887–1900. Bibcode:1962PMag....7.1887S. doi:10.1080/14786436208213853.
  8. ^ Stacey, F. D. (1962). "Theory of the magnetic susceptibility of stressed rock". Philosophical Magazine. 7 (76): 551–556. Bibcode:1962PMag....7..551S. doi:10.1080/14786436208212623.
  9. ^ a b c "Frontmatter, isbn 978-0-521-87362-8 - Physics of the Earth: Fourth Edition; Frank D Stacey and Paul M Davis" (PDF). Cambridge University Press (assets.cambridge.org).
  10. ^ Néel, Louis (1955). "Some theoretical aspects of rock-magnetism" (PDF). Advances in Physics. 4 (14): 191–243. Bibcode:1955AdPhy...4..191N. doi:10.1080/00018735500101204.
  11. ^ Stacey, Frank D. (1972). "On the role of Brownian motion in the control of detrital remanent magnetization of sediments". Pure and Applied Geophysics Pageoph. 98 (1): 139–145. Bibcode:1972PApGe..98..139S. doi:10.1007/BF00875588. S2CID 128617425.
  12. ^ with Subir K. Banerjee The high field torque-meter method of measuring magnetic anisotropy of rocks, in D. W. Collinson, K. M. Creer, S. K. Runcorn (eds.) Methods in Palaeomagnetism, Elsevier 1967, pp. 470–476
  13. ^ Davis, P. M.; Stacey, F. D. (1972). "Geomagnetic Anomalies caused by a Man-made Lake". Nature. 240 (5380): 348–349. Bibcode:1972Natur.240..348D. doi:10.1038/240348a0. S2CID 4258142.
  14. ^ Johnston, M. J. S.; Stacey, F. D. (1969). "Transient Magnetic Anomalies accompanying Volcanic Eruptions in New Zealand". Nature. 224 (5226): 1289–1290. Bibcode:1969Natur.224.1289J. doi:10.1038/2241289a0. S2CID 4289952.
  15. ^ Stacey, F. D.; Tuck, G. J. (1981). "Geophysical evidence for non-newtonian gravity". Nature. 292 (5820): 230–232. Bibcode:1981Natur.292..230S. doi:10.1038/292230a0. S2CID 4355620.
  16. ^ Stacey, F. D.; Tuck, G. J.; Holding, S. C.; Maher, A. R.; Morris, D. (1981). "Constraint on the planetary scale value of the Newtonian gravitational constant from the gravity profile within a mine". Physical Review D. 23 (8): 1683–1692. Bibcode:1981PhRvD..23.1683S. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.23.1683.
  17. ^ Holding, Steven C.; Stacey, Frank D.; Tuck, Gary J. (1986). "Gravity in mines mdash an investigation of Newton's law". Physical Review D. 33 (12): 3487–3494. Bibcode:1986PhRvD..33.3487H. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.33.3487. PMID 9956574.
  18. ^ Stacey, F. D.; Tuck, G. J.; Moore, G. I.; Holding, S. C.; Goodwin, B. D.; Zhou, R. (1987). "Geophysics and the law of gravity". Reviews of Modern Physics. 59 (1): 157–174. Bibcode:1987RvMP...59..157S. doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.59.157.
  19. ^ Schwarzschild, Bertram (1986). "Reanalysis of Old Eötvös Data Suggests 5th Force…To Some". Physics Today. 39 (10): 17–20. doi:10.1063/1.2815165.
  20. ^ Schwarzschild, Bertram (1988). "From Mine Shafts to Cliffs—The 'Fifth Force' Remains Elusive". Physics Today. 41 (7): 21–24. Bibcode:1988PhT....41g..21S. doi:10.1063/1.2811493.
  21. ^ Stacey, Frank D. (2000). "The K -primed approach to high-pressure equations of state". Geophysical Journal International. 143 (3): 621–628. Bibcode:2000GeoJI.143..621S. doi:10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00253.x.
  22. ^ "Fellows Search". American Geophysical Union. (Search on name="Stacey".)
  23. ^ Elsasser, Walter M. (October 1970). "Review of Physics of he Earth by Frank D. Stacey". Physics Today. 23 (10): 55–56.
  24. ^ de Grosbois, Anne Marie (2015). "Stacey FD, Hodgkinson JH: The Earth as a cradle for life—the origin, evolution and future of the environment". Environmental Earth Sciences. 73 (10): 6719. Bibcode:2015EES....73.6719D. doi:10.1007/s12665-015-4227-8. S2CID 199447171.
  25. ^ Knevitt, Oliver. "Review of The Earth as a cradle for life" (PDF). European Geosciences Union (egu.eu).
  26. ^ Larwood, Jonathan (September 2018). "Book review: Practical Handbook of Earth Science". The Institution of Environmental Science.
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