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Dan McKenzie

British geophysicist (born 1942)

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Born 1942 · age 84United Kingdom
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    Born 1942
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Updated 2026-07-02

Dan Peter McKenzie is a Professor of Geophysics at the University of Cambridge, and one-time head of the Bullard Laboratories of the Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences. He wrote the first paper defining the mathematical principles of plate tectonics on a sphere, and his early work on mantle convection created the modern discussion of planetary interiors.

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