Keith Runcorn
British geophysicist (1922 – 1995) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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(Stanley) Keith Runcorn FRS[2] (19 November 1922 – 5 December 1995) was a British physicist whose paleomagnetic reconstruction of the relative motions of Europe and America revived the theory of continental drift and was a major contribution to plate tectonics.[2][3][4]
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Born | Stanley Keith Runcorn 19 November 1922 Southport, England, United Kingdom |
Died | 5 December 1995(1995-12-05) (aged 73) San Diego, California, United States |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge (BA) University of Manchester (PhD) |
Known for | reestablishing viability of the theory of continental drift; discoveries in planetary magnetism |
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Fields | Plate tectonics Paleomagnetism |
Institutions | University of Cambridge University of Manchester Newcastle University University of Alaska, Fairbanks |
Thesis | Investigations relating to the main geomagnetic field (1949) |
Doctoral advisor | Patrick Blackett[1] |
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