Concepedia

William A. Prothero

WA

28

Publications

1.2K

Citations

18

H-Index

1968

Active since

Affiliations

University of California, Santa Barbara(Current)

University of California San Diego

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

William A. Prothero is an author at University of California, Santa Barbara specializing in engineering, geophysics, and seismology.

Top concepts

EngineeringGeophysicsSeismologyEarth ScienceTectonicsSeismic ImagingGeodesyMarine GeologyGeographyInstrumentation

Publications per year

1968–2002

28

Publications

28

Pictorial aids for learning by doing in a multimedia geology simulation game.

Richard E. Mayer, Patricia D. Mautone, William A. Prothero · Journal of Educational Psychology · 2002 · 183 citations

Education, Simulation Video Game, Analogue Games +19

A Superconducting Gravimeter

William A. Prothero, John M. Goodkind · Review of Scientific Instruments · 1968 · 129 citations

Geophysics, Engineering, Supergravity +12

A low velocity zone underlying a fast-spreading rise crest

John A. Orcutt, B. L. N. Kennett, LeRoy M. Dorman et al. · Nature · 1975 · 79 citations

Geophysics, Plate Boundary, Lateral Spread +2

The epistemological framing of a discipline: Writing science in university oceanography

Gregory J. Kelly, Catherine Chen, William A. Prothero · Journal of Research in Science Teaching · 2000 · 79 citations

Curriculum Inquiry, Inquiry-based Learning, Science Education +20

A fast, two-point, three-dimensional raytracing algorithm using a simple step search method

William A. Prothero, Waldo Taylor, J. A. Eickemeyer · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 1988 · 73 citations

Circular Arc Path, Engineering, Computer-aided Design +22

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