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Harry Hammond Hess

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American geologist (1906-1969)

United StatesScientistsLived 1906 to 1969 · aged 63
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Harry Hammond Hess was an American geologist and a United States Navy officer in World War II who is considered one of the "founding fathers" of the unifying theory of plate tectonics.

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1966Penrose Medal
Feltrinelli Prize

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Harry Hammond Hess was an American geologist and a United States Navy officer in World War II who is considered one of the "founding fathers" of the unifying theory of plate tectonics. He published theories on sea floor spreading, specifically on relationships between island arcs, seafloor gravity anomalies, and serpentinized peridotite, suggesting that the convection in the Earth's mantle is the driving force behind this process.

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United States
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Scientists
Type
Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1906 to 1969 · aged 63
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