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Arthur Holmes
He pioneered two discoveries, which eventually led to the acceptance of plate tectonics. -
Alfred Wegener
He developed the first version of the masterpiece ´The origin of the continents and oceans´. -
Harry Hammond Hess
The description of its operations and the results of the expedition were published by the Navy and Princeton University in this year. -
William Maurice Ewing
He worked on the investigation of: seismic reflection and refraction in ocean platforms, ocean background photography, submarine sound transmission, etc. -
Dan Peter McKenzie
McKenzie published several fundamental articles for the development of the plate tectonics theory, which has become an essential pillar of modern geology, and that explains that the Earth's crust is composed of a few rigid plates that move -
Drummond Hoyle Matthews
He conducted an investigation into a part of an oceanic ridge in the northwest Indian Ocean -
Thomas Kuhn
He published The Structure of Scientific Revolutions -
John Tuzo Wilson
The theory of the existence of hot spots (mantle feathers) was developed by him that year -
Frederick John Vine
He published reports on the electrical conductivity of the rocks of the lower continental crust -
William Jason Morgan
He made his first major contribution (to relate the magnetic anomalies of alternating polarity).
