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Frederick Vine

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Gender Male
Age 84
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
NationalityBritish
SpousSusan 'Sue' Vine
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Date of Upd.
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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.

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