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Peter Vail
American geologist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1930 to 2024 · aged 94
Peter R. Vail was an American geologist and geophysicist, the namesake of the Vail curve of sea level changes. Vail earned his AB at Dartmouth College in 1952, followed by M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Northwestern University in 1956.
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2024Died28 December 20242005Benjamin Franklin MedalAward2003Penrose MedalAwardSidney Powers Memorial AwardAward1992William H. Twenhofel MedalAward1986William Smith MedalAward1930Born13 January 1930
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He was the W. Maurice Ewing Professor, Emeritus, in the Department of Earth Science at Rice University.
Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1930 to 2024 · aged 94
The same award as Peter
Evert HoekBoth received William Smith MedalEverette Lee DeGolyerBoth received Sidney Powers Memorial AwardFrancis J. PettijohnBoth received William H. Twenhofel Medal
John P. GrotzingerBoth received William H. Twenhofel MedalRaymond Cecil MooreBoth received Sidney Powers Memorial AwardNikolaos N. AmbraseysBoth received William Smith Medal
John P. GrotzingerBoth received William H. Twenhofel MedalRaymond Cecil MooreBoth received Sidney Powers Memorial AwardNikolaos N. AmbraseysBoth received William Smith Medal