Peter Vail

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American geologist

United States AcademicsLived 1930 to 2024 · aged 94

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Peter R. Vail was an American geologist and geophysicist, the namesake of the Vail curve of sea level changes. S. D. degrees from Northwestern University in 1956. He was the W. Maurice Ewing Professor, Emeritus, in the Department of Earth Science at Rice University.

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Awards 5

2005Benjamin Franklin Medal

2003Penrose Medal

2003Sidney Powers Memorial Award

1992William H. Twenhofel Medal

1986William Smith Medal

Connected to Peter 6

Maurice EwingAlso won Sidney Powers Memorial Award Evert HoekAlso won William Smith Medal

William R. DickinsonAlso won William H. Twenhofel Medal

Stephen J. BenkovicAlso won Benjamin Franklin Medal

Jakob SederholmAlso won Penrose Medal

Jerrold MeinwaldAlso won Benjamin Franklin Medal

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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. He was the W. Maurice Ewing Professor, Emeritus, in the Department of Earth Science at Rice University.

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