Frederick Vine
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 85 |
Born | Chiswick |
London | |
United Kingdom | |
Fields | Marine geology |
Geophysics | |
Job | Geologist |
Geophysicist | |
Education | St John's College, Cambridge |
University of Cambridge | |
St John's College | |
Awards | Arthur L. Day Medal |
Prestwich Medal | |
Hughes Medal | |
Date of birth | June 17,1939 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Nationality | British |
Spous | Susan 'Sue' Vine |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 466637 |
Frederick Vine Life story
Frederick John Vine FRS is an English marine geologist and geophysicist. He made key contributions to the theory of plate tectonics, helping to show that the seafloor spreads from mid-ocean ridges with a symmetrical pattern of magnetic reversals in the basalt rocks on either side.