Xavier Le Pichon was a French geophysicist. Among many other contributions, he was known for his comprehensive model of plate tectonics (1968), helping create the field of plate tectonics. In 1968, he combined the kinematic ideas of W. J. Morgan, D. McKenzie and R. L.
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Alanis ObomsawinAlso won honorary doctorate from Dalhousie University
Wallace BroeckerAlso won A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences
W. Jason MorganAlso won Maurice Ewing Medal
Pentti EskolaAlso won Leopold-von-Buch-Plaque
John HoughtonAlso won Japan PrizeHelmut SchwarzAlso won honorary doctor of ETH ZürichAbout this person
Xavier Le Pichon was a French geophysicist. Among many other contributions, he was known for his comprehensive model of plate tectonics (1968), helping create the field of plate tectonics. In 1968, he combined the kinematic ideas of W. J. Morgan, D. McKenzie and R. L. Parker with the large data sets collected by Lamont, and especially with the respective magnetic profiles, show that Plate Tectonics could accurately describe the evolution of the major ocean basins. He was a professor at the Collège de France, holder of the Chair of Geodynamics (1986-2008). He was a lifelong fervent Catholic and came to think of caring attention to others' weaknesses as an essential quality that allowed humanity to evolve. He lived with his wife and had six children and eleven grandchildren. He died in Sisteron on 22 March 2025, at the age of 87.
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