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Plate techtonics was very new (and rather controversial, as I understand it), science in the late 1960s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_tectonics#History_o
by mjb 3y ago
Plate techtonics was very new (and rather controversial, as I understand it), science in the late 1960s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_tectonics#History_of_the_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_tectonics#History_of_the...
- WalterBright 3y agoMy grandfather (a vulcanologist) set up measuring stations in Iceland in the 1930s to prove that Iceland was spreading apart. Unfortunately, the war interrupted that, and he died in the war.
- pyinstallwoes 3y agoAny more insights into his research and measurements that you know of? Thanks for sharing.
- WalterBright 3y agohttps://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Bernauer https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Bernauer "His greatest contributions to the academic world – proof of Continental Drift through his studies in Iceland and a crystal growing method now lost to mankind – attest to his considerable intellect and dedication." https://expo.uw.edu/expo/apply/494/proceedings/show?id=68965 https://expo.uw.edu/expo/apply/494/proceedings/show?id=68965 "Geschichtete Lava an islaendischen Vulkanen" von Ferdinand Bernauer, Berlin-Charlottenburg Zietschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellshaft Heft 2 Band 89 Berlin 1937 / Verlag von Ferdinand Enke in Stuttgart