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British physicist Keith Runcorn used paleomagnetic data in the 1950s to demonstrate that Earth's magnetic poles had wandered over time, supporting continental drift.
Walter C. Pitman is an American geophysicist whose pivotal 1960s analysis of marine magnetic anomalies provided crucial quantitative evidence confirming the theory of seafloor spreading.
Brent Dalrymple is an American geologist whose pioneering 1960s research on Earth's paleomagnetism provided definitive proof of seafloor spreading, cementing the theory of plate tectonics.
W. Brian Harland was a British geologist at Cambridge University known for his extensive geological research in Svalbard and his early formulation of the Snowball Earth hypothesis.
Dennis V. Kent is an American geophysicist renowned for his extensive contributions to paleomagnetism and the development of the highly accurate geomagnetic polarity time scale.
Neil D. Opdyke was a prominent British-American geophysicist recognized for using paleomagnetism in sedimentary rocks to test and confirm early plate tectonic reconstructions.
