# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tanya-atwater
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:52:58.407Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tanya-atwater"
name: "Tanya Atwater"
slug: "tanya-atwater"
description: "Tanya Atwater is an American geophysicist and marine geologist who specializes in plate tectonics. She is particularly renowned for her early research on the plate tectonic history of western North America."
tagline: "American geophysicist and marine geologist (born 1942)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tanya_Atwater.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1942-08-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump