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Alfred Lothar Wegener (/ ˈ v eɪ ɡ ən ər /; [1] German: [ˈʔalfʁeːt ˈveːɡənɐ]; [2] [3] 1 November 1880 – November 1930) was a German climatologist, geologist, geophysicist, meteorologist, and polar researcher.
It was led by German scientist Alfred Wegener (1880–1930), who had previously taken part in two other ventures to Greenland. His purpose was to make a systematic study of the Greenland ice sheet. In 1929, as a preliminary expedition (German: Vorexpedition), Wegener went to Greenland to explore a suitable place to reach the Greenland Ice Sheet ...
Ship Godthaab unloading materiel near Danmarkshavn in July 1912.. J.P. Koch was helped by Alfred Wegener (1880–1930) in the planning and carrying out of the project. Both had previously taken part in the 1906–1908 Danmark Expedition, Koch as a surveyor and Wegener as a meteorologist.
This peninsula was named during the Three-year Expedition to East Greenland by Arne Noe-Nygaard (1908-1991). He named it after German scientist Alfred Wegener (1880–1930), who had taken part in the 1906–08 Danmark Expedition and the 1912–13 Danish Expedition to Queen Louise Land led by J.P. Koch.
Alfred Wegener (1880–1930) [citation needed] Acoustical oceanography: Leonid Brekhovskikh (1917–2005) [87] Stratigraphy: Nicolas Steno (1638–1686) [81] Speleology: Édouard-Alfred Martel (1859–1938) Began the first systematic exploration of cave systems and promoted speleology as a field separate from geology.
Alfred Wegener (German, 1880–1930) – developed theory of continental drift Frank T. M. White (Australian, 1909–1971) – mining and metallurgical engineer; mineral science educator Emil Johann Wiechert (German, 1861–1928) – first verifiable model of layered structure of the Earth ; pioneering work on propagation of seismic waves
By 1915 German Alfred Wegener (1880–1930) had proposed in his continental drift theory that land masses moved great distances over the Earth's history. Wegener was also at first met with hostile reactions. [6] By the mid-1920s Holmes had developed theories on what could cause the drift.
Alfred Wegener (1880–1930) Earth Scientist ? Discovered the continental drift and the thermodynamics of the atmosphere; developed the theory of the super-continent Pangea; eponym of the Wegener Impact Craters on both Mars and Moon [103] Luzius Wildhaber (1937–) Jurisprudent ?
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