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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

9.31 Excellent

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Adam Dziewonski

Adam Dziewonski (1936–2016) was a Polish-American seismologist who made fundamental contributions to the understanding o...

20TH Century Historical Seismology Polish American

9.15 Excellent

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Samuel Bowring

Samuel Bowring was an American geologist who served as a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He spec...

American Contemporary Precambrian Geochronology

9.09 Excellent

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Bernard Chouet

Bernard Chouet is a Swiss-American seismologist who worked with the United States Geological Survey (USGS). He is best k...

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8.87 Great

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Stanley Hart

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American Contemporary Geochemistry Isotopes

8.86 Great

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Charles Langmuir

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American Contemporary Geochemistry Petrology

8.79 Great

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Victor Baker

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American Contemporary Mars Geomorphology

8.76 Great

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William McDonough

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American Contemporary Geochemistry Bulk Earth

8.76 Great

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Terry Plank

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American Contemporary Geochemistry Subduction

8.76 Great

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Kerry Emanuel

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American Contemporary Climate Atmospheric Science

8.75 Great

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James Kennett

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American Contemporary Marine Geology Paleoclimatology

8.73 Great

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George Gehrels

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American Contemporary Geochronology LA Icpms

8.73 Great

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Roberta Rudnick

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American Contemporary Geochemistry Continental Crust

8.72 Great

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Mark Richards

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American Contemporary Geophysics Tectonics

8.71 Great

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Thorne Lay

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American Contemporary Seismology Mantle

8.05 Great

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Gregory Beroza

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American Contemporary Machine Learning Seismology

8.05 Great

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Lucile Jones

Lucile M. Jones is an American seismologist who spent decades working with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) an...

American Contemporary Seismology Usgs

7.55 Good

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Susan Hough

Susan Hough is an American seismologist working with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) who specializes in earth...

American Contemporary Seismology Usgs

7.45 Good

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Elizabeth Cochran

Elizabeth Cochran is an American seismologist and geophysicist who works with the United States Geological Survey (USGS)...

American Contemporary Seismology Usgs

7.05 Good

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James Whitcomb

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American Contemporary Geophysics Seismology

6.95 Fair