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Dan McKenzie

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British geophysicist (born 1942)

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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.

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2011Copley Medal
2003Companion of Honour
2002Crafoord Prize in Geosciences
2001William Bowie Medal
1992Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
1991Royal Medal
1990Japan Prize
1989Arthur L. Day Medal
1983Alfred Wegener Medal
1983Wollaston Medal
1981Balzan Prize
1980A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences
1975James B. Macelwane Medal
Fellow of the Royal Society

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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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Born 1942 · age 84
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