Bruce C. Heezen
| Bruce Charles Heezen | |
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 Marie Tharp and Bruce Heezen |
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| Born | April 11, 1924 Vinton, Iowa |
| Died | June 21, 1977 (aged 53) |
| Residence | United States |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Nationality | United States |
| Fields | Geology, Oceanography |
| Institutions | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory |
| Alma mater | University of Iowa Columbia University |
| Known for | Seafloor topography |
Bruce Charles Heezen (April 11, 1924 – June 21, 1977) was an American geologist. He is most famous for collaborating with oceanographic cartographer Marie Tharp at Columbia University to map the Mid-Atlantic Ridge during the 1950s.
Heezen was born in Vinton, Iowa. He received his B.A. from the University of Iowa in 1947 and in 1952 his M.A. from Columbia University and in 1957 his Ph.D.
Heezen interpreted his early work on the mid-Atlantic ridge as supporting S. Warren Carey's Expanding Earth Theory which had been developed in the 1950s,[1] and "eventually gave up the idea of an expanding earth for a form of continental drift in the mid-1960s".[2]
Heezen died in 1977 during a research cruise to study the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near Iceland aboard the NR-1 submarine.[3]
The Oceanographic Survey Ship USNS Bruce C. Heezen was christened in honor of him in 1999.[4]
References [edit]
- ^ Oreskes, Naomi, 2003, Plate Tectonics: An Insider's History Of The Modern Theory Of The Earth, Westview Press, p. 23, ISBN 0813341329
- ^ Frankel, Henry, The Continental Drift Debate, Ch. 7 in Scientific controversies, p. 226, 1987, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-27560-6
- ^ "Marie Tharp Bio". Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. 2006-12-12. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
- ^ "Navy's Newest Ocean Survey Ship Will Offer Public Tours August 3 for Lamont Community August 4 & 5 at Intrepid Pier". The Earth Institute. 2000-07-14. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
External links [edit]
- Bruce Heezen explaining formation of oil traps on the ocean floor
- Bruce Heezen explaining turbidity currents
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