User:Ronavni/Amos Nur

Amos Nur (born February 9, 1938) is a prominent American geophysicist and professor emeritus at Stanford University in California, who grew up and was educated in Israel.

Nur is considered one of the leading academic authorities in the world of rock physics. He applied the results of rock physics to understanding tectonophysical processes in the earth's crust, the main of which is the role of fluids in the processes occurring in the crust and in energy resources. Nur pioneered the use of seismic velocity measurements to characterize the changing state of oil and gas reservoirs, where the volume of fluid in the rock changes during pumping. The process was named "four-dimensional seismic monitoring". He has published over 240 articles and mentored dozens of doctoral and master's degree candidates. Noor was on the geophysics department at Stanford from 1970 until his retirement in 2008, and he remains associated with the school as professor emeritus. After his retirement, Noor joined Ingrain, a company he helped found in 2007, where he is currently Chief Technology Officer.