Fenglin Niu,
associate professor, Dept. of Earth Science, Rice Uni.
http://terra.rice.edu/department/faculty/niu/niuindex.html#research

Paul G. Silver
staff memember (faculty), Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington
http://www.dtm.ciw.edu/silver/

Thomas M. Daley
research scientist,Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
http://www-esd.lbl.gov/ESD_staff/daley/

Xin Cheng
Niu's graduate student.

Ernest L. Majer
Scientist/Deputy Division Division Director, Geophysics Department, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
http://www-esd.lbl.gov/ESD_staff/majer/index.html