Keith Runcorn | |
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| Born | Stanley Keith Runcorn 19 November 1922 Southport, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 5 December 1995 (aged 73) San Diego, California, United States |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (BA) University of Manchester (PhD) |
| Known for | reestablishing viability of the theory of continental drift; discoveries in planetary magnetism |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Plate tectonics Paleomagnetism |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge University of Manchester Newcastle University University of Alaska, Fairbanks |
| Thesis | Investigations relating to the main geomagnetic field (1949) |
| Doctoral advisor | Patrick Blackett[1] |
(Stanley) Keith Runcorn FRS[2] (19 November 1922 – 5 December 1995) was a British physicist whose paleomagnetic reconstruction of the relative motions of Europe and America revived the theory of continental drift and was a major contribution to plate tectonics.[2][3][4]
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runphdwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Collinson, D. W. (2002). "Stanley Keith Runcorn. 19 November 1922–5 December 1995". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 48: 391–403. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2002.0023. JSTOR 3650268.
- ^ Hide, Raymond (1996). "Stanley Keith Runcorn F.R.S. (1922–1995)". Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. 37 (3). Royal Astronomical Society: 463–465. Bibcode:1996QJRAS..37..463H.
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