swap_horiz A.W. Bally Alternatives

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J. Tuzo Wilson

John Tuzo Wilson (1908–1993) was a Canadian geophysicist who made significant contributions to the theory of plate tecto...

Canadian 20TH Century Historical Plate Tectonics

9.7 Brilliant

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Harry Hess

Harry Hammond Hess (1906–1969) was an American geologist and a professor at Princeton University. He served as an office...

American 20TH Century Historical Plate Tectonics

9.5 Brilliant

3

Victor Moritz Goldschmidt

Victor Moritz Goldschmidt was a Norwegian mineralogist and geologist who is widely regarded as the founder of modern geo...

Norwegian 20TH Century Historical Geochemistry

9.5 Brilliant

4

Fred Vine

Fred Vine was a British marine geologist and geophysicist who made significant contributions to the modern understanding...

20TH Century Historical British Seafloor Spreading

9.4 Excellent

5

George Patrick Leonard Walker

George Patrick Leonard Walker (1926-2005) was a British volcanologist who studied how explosive eruptions produce, trans...

20TH Century British Volcanology Pyroclastic Rocks

9.4 Excellent

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William Maurice Ewing

William Maurice Ewing (1906-1974) was an American geophysicist and oceanographer whose research helped establish modern...

American 20TH Century Oceanography Seismic Refraction

9.4 Excellent

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John Suppe

John Suppe is an American structural geologist whose work focuses on the deformation of the Earth’s crust, especially th...

American 20TH Century Structural Geology Fault Bend Folding

9.4 Excellent

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J. John Sepkoski Jr.

J. John Sepkoski Jr. (1948-1999) was an American paleontologist whose research used large fossil databases to study the...

American 20TH Century Extinction Paleontology

9.4 Excellent

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Charles Richter

Charles Francis Richter was an American seismologist and physicist who spent most of his career at the California Instit...

American 20TH Century Historical Seismology

9.3 Excellent

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Harlen Bretz

Harlen Bretz was an American geologist whose fieldwork in the early 20th century led to a radical theory about the forma...

American 20TH Century Historical Geomorphology

9.3 Excellent

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Nicholas Shackleton

Nicholas Shackleton was a British geologist and paleoclimatologist who pioneered the use of oxygen isotope analysis in m...

20TH Century Historical British Paleoclimatology

9.3 Excellent

12

John F. Dewey

John F. Dewey is a British structural geologist whose research addresses plate tectonics, mountain building, and the def...

20TH Century British Tectonics Structural Geology

9.3 Excellent

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Hans Ramberg

Hans Ramberg was a Norwegian-Swedish geologist whose work helped establish experimental modeling as a way to study tecto...

20TH Century Swedish Structural Geology Experimental Tectonics

9.0 Excellent

14

Hans Cloos

Hans Cloos was a prominent German structural geologist known for his pioneering work in granite tectonics and rock fabri...

German 20TH Century Historical Tectonics

8.5 Great

15

Robert Coleman

Robert Coleman is an American geologist associated with Stanford University, recognized for his extensive research on op...

American 20TH Century Historical Structural Geology

8.5 Great

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Eldridge M. Moores

Eldridge M. Moores is an American geologist whose work focused on structural geology, tectonics, and the origin and empl...

American 20TH Century Structural Geology Ophiolites

8.5 Great

17

Chester Longwell

Chester R. Longwell (1887–1975) was an American geologist who spent his academic career at Yale University. He specializ...

American 20TH Century Historical Stratigraphy

7.9 Good

18

Paul Fourmarier

Paul Fourmarier (1877–1974) was a prominent Belgian geologist recognized for his extensive research in structural geolog...

20TH Century Historical Belgian Tectonics

7.8 Good

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Chester Ray Longwell

Chester Ray Longwell (1887–1975) was an American structural geologist who spent much of his academic career as a profess...

American 20TH Century Historical Basin Range

7.4 Good

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William Herbert Hobbs

William Herbert Hobbs was an American geologist who lived from 1864 to 1953 and spent much of his academic career at the...

American 20TH Century Historical Glaciology

6.9 Fair