Flashcards: Tectonicists

Ali Mehmet Celâl Şengör (born 24 March 1955) is a Turkish geologist.

Jürgen Henning Illies (14 March 1924 – 2 August 1982) was a German geologist expert in taphrogenesis (i.e. rift formation).

Grove Karl Gilbert (May 6, 1843 – May 1, 1918), known by the abbreviated name G.

Akiho Miyashiro (都城 秋穂 Miyashiro Akiho, 1920 – 22 July 2008) was a Japanese geologist.

Francisco Hervé Allamand is a Chilean geologist known for his contributions to the paleogeography and tectonics of Chile and Antarctica.

Robert John Pankhurst is a British geologist who has contributed to the study of the paleogeography and plate tectonics of South America.

Pablo Groeber (1885–1964) was a German geologist known for his contributions to the understanding of the geology of Tien Shan in Central Asia and the Andes of Nequén and Mendoza Province in Argentina.

Víctor Alberto Ramos (b. 1945) is an Argentine geologist who has contributed to the paleogeography and plate tectonics of South America.

Benjamin Bley de Brito Neves (born 1941) is a Brazilian geologist who has contributed to the paleogeography and plate tectonics of South America.

Dimitrij Andrusov (November 7, 1897 – April 1, 1976) was a Slovak geologist, member of the Slovak Academy of Sciences.

Robert Sinclair Dietz (September 14, 1914 – May 19, 1995) was a scientist with the US Coast and Geodetic Survey.

Leopold Kober (21 September 1883 – 6. September 1970), an influential Austrian geologist, proposed a number of (subsequently largely discredited) theories of orogeny and coined the term kraton to describe stable continental platforms.

Henno Martin (March 15, 1910 – January 7 1998) was a German professor of geology who, along with Hermann Korn, lived for two years in the Namib Desert to avoid internment during the Second World War.

Alexander Logie du Toit FRS (/duːˈtɔɪ/ doo-TOY; 14 March 1878 – 25 February 1948) was a geologist from South Africa, and an early supporter of Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift.

İhsan Ketin (April 10, 1914 – December 16, 1995) was a Turkish earth scientist.

Harry Hammond Hess (May 24, 1906 – August 25, 1969) was a geologist and a United States Navy officer in World War II.

John Tuzo Wilson, CC, OBE, FRS, FRSC, FRSE (October 24, 1908 – April 15, 1993) was a Canadian geophysicist and geologist who achieved worldwide acclaim for his contributions to the theory of plate tectonics.