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Allan V. Cox

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American geophysicist

United StatesAcademicsLived 1926 to 1987 · aged 60
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Allan Verne Cox was an American geophysicist. His work on dating geomagnetic reversals, with Richard Doell and Brent Dalrymple, made a major contribution to the theory of plate tectonics. Allan Cox won numerous awards, including the prestigious Vetlesen Prize, and was the president of the American Geophysical Union.

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Awards 4

1984Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship
1975Arthur L. Day Medal
1970Vetlesen Prize
1969John Adam Fleming Medal

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Harmon CraigAlso won Arthur L. Day Prize and LectureshipAlexander DalgarnoAlso won John Adam Fleming MedalRobert E. DickinsonAlso won Vetlesen PrizeHans RambergAlso won Arthur L. Day MedalGerald J. WasserburgAlso won Arthur L. Day Prize and LectureshipIan AxfordAlso won John Adam Fleming Medal

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Allan Verne Cox was an American geophysicist. His work on dating geomagnetic reversals, with Richard Doell and Brent Dalrymple, made a major contribution to the theory of plate tectonics. Allan Cox won numerous awards, including the prestigious Vetlesen Prize, and was the president of the American Geophysical Union. He was the author of over a hundred scientific papers, and the author or editor of two books on plate tectonics. On January 27, 1987, Cox died in an apparent suicide.

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United States
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Academics
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Academic
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deceased
Dates
Lived 1926 to 1987 · aged 60
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