Walther Penck
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 101 years ago |
Date of birth | August 30,1888 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Vienna |
Austria | |
Date of died | September 29,1923 |
Died | Stuttgart |
Germany | |
Parents | Albrecht Penck |
Alma mater | Heidelberg University |
Books | Morphological Analysis of Land Forms: A Contribution to Physical Geology |
Institutions | Leipzig University |
University of Constantinople | |
Servicio Geológico Minero | |
Job | Geologist |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 566879 |
Walther Penck Life story
Walther Penck was a geologist and geomorphologist known for his theories on landscape evolution. Penck is noted for criticizing key elements of the Davisian cycle of erosion, concluding that the process of uplift and denudation occur simultaneously, at gradual and continuous rates.