Keith Runcorn
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 28 years ago |
| Date of birth | November 19,1922 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | Southport |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | December 5,1995 |
| Died | San Diego |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Fields | Plate tectonics |
| Paleomagnetism | |
| Job | Physicist |
| Geologist | |
| Books | Methods and techniques in geophysics |
| The Physics of the Planets: Their Origin, Evolution and Structure | |
| Runcorn Mantles of the Earth and Terrestial Plane Ts | |
| The Earth's Climate and Variability of the Sun Over Recent Millenia: Geophysical, Astronomical and Archaeological Aspects | |
| The Moon | |
| Continental drift | |
| Awards | Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| Education | University of Cambridge |
| Edited works | Physics and Chemistry of the Earth: Progress Series, Volume 6 |
| Academic advisor | Patrick Blackett |
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| ID | 453735 |
Keith Runcorn Life story
Keith Runcorn FRS 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.
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