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'''August Buxtorf''' (16 December 1877 – 2 March 1969) was a Swiss geologist. He worked at the [[University of Basel]] and contributed to ideas on [[Nappe|nappes]] and mountain folds. His cross section of the Jura mountains to guide tunnel building in 1916 was widely used to understand buckling and folding.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Butler |first=Robert W. H. |last2=Bond |first2=Clare E. |last3=Cooper |first3=Mark A. |last4=Watkins |first4=Hannah |date=2020 |title=Fold–thrust structures – where have all the buckles gone? |url=https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/10.1144/SP487.7 |journal=Geological Society, London, Special Publications |language=en |volume=487 |issue=1 |pages=21–44 |doi=10.1144/SP487.7 |issn=0305-8719}}</ref> |
'''August Buxtorf''' (16 December 1877 – 2 March 1969) was a Swiss geologist. He worked at the [[University of Basel]] and contributed to ideas on [[Nappe|nappes]] and mountain folds. His cross section of the Jura mountains to guide tunnel building in 1916 was widely used to understand buckling and folding.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Butler |first=Robert W. H. |last2=Bond |first2=Clare E. |last3=Cooper |first3=Mark A. |last4=Watkins |first4=Hannah |date=2020 |title=Fold–thrust structures – where have all the buckles gone? |url=https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/10.1144/SP487.7 |journal=Geological Society, London, Special Publications |language=en |volume=487 |issue=1 |pages=21–44 |doi=10.1144/SP487.7 |issn=0305-8719}}</ref> |
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Buxtorf was born in Basel to merchant Friedrich and Ernestine Rupp. He studied botany and geology at Basel and Grenoble before obtaining his doctorate in 1900 from the University of Göttingen. He worked as a petroleum geologist in Egypt and in 1907 he joined the University of Basel. He helped organize the institute of geology and paleontology in 1914 and trained numerous students until 1944. He became a rector of the University in 1940. He also presided over the Swiss Geological Commission from 1926 to 1953. His studies on the folds and detachment of layers in the Jura and in sections of central Switzerland and Ticino contributed to the planning of several tunnels.<ref>{{cite book|author=Weidmann, Marc| chapter=Buxtorf, August| title= Dizionario storico della Svizzera |year=2003|url= https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/it/articles/028795/2003-03-17/}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Buxtorf, A. |year=1916 |title=Prognosen und Befunde beim Hauen-steinbasis- und Grenchenbergtunnel und die Bedeutungder letzteren für die Geologie des Juragebirges |journal=Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft |volume=27 |pages=185–254}}</ref> |
Buxtorf was born in Basel to merchant Friedrich and Ernestine Rupp. He studied botany and geology at Basel and Grenoble before obtaining his doctorate in 1900 from the University of Göttingen. He worked as a petroleum geologist in Egypt and in 1907 he joined the University of Basel. He helped organize the institute of geology and paleontology in 1914 and trained numerous students until 1944. He became a rector of the University in 1940. He also presided over the Swiss Geological Commission from 1926 to 1953. His studies on the folds and detachment of layers in the Jura and in sections of central Switzerland and Ticino contributed to the planning of several tunnels.<ref>{{cite book|author=Weidmann, Marc| chapter=Buxtorf, August| title= Dizionario storico della Svizzera |year=2003|url= https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/it/articles/028795/2003-03-17/}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Buxtorf, A. |year=1916 |title=Prognosen und Befunde beim Hauen-steinbasis- und Grenchenbergtunnel und die Bedeutungder letzteren für die Geologie des Juragebirges |journal=Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft |volume=27 |pages=185–254}}</ref> He proposed a model of the Jura mountains as a “folded décollement nappe” pushed by the Alps in 1907. He then tried to refine his ideas when the Grenchenberg railroad tunnel was built.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Laubscher |first=Hans |date=2008 |title=The Grenchenberg conundrum in the Swiss Jura: a case for the centenary of the thin-skin décollement nappe model (Buxtorf 1907) |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00015-008-1248-2 |journal=Swiss Journal of Geosciences |language=en |volume=101 |issue=1 |pages=41–60 |doi=10.1007/s00015-008-1248-2 |issn=1661-8726}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:01, 22 October 2023
August Buxtorf (16 December 1877 – 2 March 1969) was a Swiss geologist. He worked at the University of Basel and contributed to ideas on nappes and mountain folds. His cross section of the Jura mountains to guide tunnel building in 1916 was widely used to understand buckling and folding.[1]
Buxtorf was born in Basel to merchant Friedrich and Ernestine Rupp. He studied botany and geology at Basel and Grenoble before obtaining his doctorate in 1900 from the University of Göttingen. He worked as a petroleum geologist in Egypt and in 1907 he joined the University of Basel. He helped organize the institute of geology and paleontology in 1914 and trained numerous students until 1944. He became a rector of the University in 1940. He also presided over the Swiss Geological Commission from 1926 to 1953. His studies on the folds and detachment of layers in the Jura and in sections of central Switzerland and Ticino contributed to the planning of several tunnels.[2][3] He proposed a model of the Jura mountains as a “folded décollement nappe” pushed by the Alps in 1907. He then tried to refine his ideas when the Grenchenberg railroad tunnel was built.[4]
References
- ^ Butler, Robert W. H.; Bond, Clare E.; Cooper, Mark A.; Watkins, Hannah (2020). "Fold–thrust structures – where have all the buckles gone?". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 487 (1): 21–44. doi:10.1144/SP487.7. ISSN 0305-8719.
- ^ Weidmann, Marc (2003). "Buxtorf, August". Dizionario storico della Svizzera.
- ^ Buxtorf, A. (1916). "Prognosen und Befunde beim Hauen-steinbasis- und Grenchenbergtunnel und die Bedeutungder letzteren für die Geologie des Juragebirges". Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 27: 185–254.
- ^ Laubscher, Hans (2008). "The Grenchenberg conundrum in the Swiss Jura: a case for the centenary of the thin-skin décollement nappe model (Buxtorf 1907)". Swiss Journal of Geosciences. 101 (1): 41–60. doi:10.1007/s00015-008-1248-2. ISSN 1661-8726.
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