# Peter Vail

> Peter R. Vail was an American geologist and geophysicist, the namesake of the Vail curve of sea level changes. Vail earned his AB at Dartmouth College in 1952, followed by M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Northwestern University in 1956. He was the W. Maurice Ewing Professor, Emeritus, in the Department of Earth Science at Rice University.

*American geologist*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1930-01-13
- **Died:** 2024-12-28
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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