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Jack Oliver
American seismologist (1923-2011) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 87
John "Jack" Ertle Oliver was an American scientist. Oliver, who earned his PhD at Columbia University in 1953, studied earthquakes and ultimately provided seismic evidence supporting plate tectonics.
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2011Died5 January 20111998Penrose MedalAward1990George P. Woollard AwardAward1981Walter H. Bucher MedalAward1962Fellow of the American Geophysical UnionAward1923Born26 September 1923
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In the 1960s, Oliver and his former graduate student, Bryan Isacks, set up seismographic stations in the South Pacific to record earthquake activity, and the data collected led to the insight that part of the ocean floor was being pushed downward.
Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1923 to 2011 · aged 87
