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Maurice Ewing | |
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 Ewing in 1948 | |
| Born | William Maurice Ewing May 12, 1906 Lockney, Texas, US |
| Died | May 4, 1974 (aged 67) Galveston, Texas, US |
| Alma mater | Rice University |
| Awards | Alexander Agassiz Medal (1954) William Bowie Medal (1957) Cullum Geographical Medal (1961) John J. Carty Award (1963) Wollaston Medal (1969) National Medal of Science (1973) Vetlesen Prize (1960) Fellow of the Royal Society (1972)[1] Walter H. Bucher Medal (1974) Penrose Medal (1974) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | geophysics underwater acoustics oceanography |
| Institutions | Lehigh University Columbia University University of Texas |
| Thesis | Calculation of ray paths from seismic travel-time curves (1931) |
| Doctoral advisor | Harold A. Wilson |
William Maurice "Doc" Ewing (May 12, 1906 – May 4, 1974) was an American geophysicist and oceanographer.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Ewing has been described as a pioneering geophysicist who worked on the research of seismic reflection and refraction in ocean basins, ocean bottom photography, submarine sound transmission (including the SOFAR channel), deep sea core samples of the ocean bottom, theory and observation of earthquake surface waves, fluidity of the Earth's core, generation and propagation of microseisms, submarine explosion seismology, marine gravity surveys, bathymetry and sedimentation, natural radioactivity of ocean waters and sediments, study of abyssal plains and submarine canyons.
- ^ a b Bullard, E. (1975). "William Maurice Ewing 12 May 1906 -- 4 May 1974". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 21: 268–311. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1975.0007. S2CID 58639151.
- ^ Drake, C. L. (1974). "Maurice Ewing". Physics Today. 27 (7): 59. Bibcode:1974PhT....27g..59D. doi:10.1063/1.3128712.
- ^ Maurice Ewing and the Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory
- ^ Benioff, H. (1951). "Sound Waves in the Atmosphere Generated by a Small Earthquake". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 37 (9): 600–603. Bibcode:1951PNAS...37..600B. doi:10.1073/pnas.37.9.600. PMC 1063427. PMID 16589019.
- ^ Oliver, J. (1958). "Seismic Surface Waves at Palisades from Explosions in Nevada and the Marshall Islands". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 44 (8): 780–785. Bibcode:1958PNAS...44..780O. doi:10.1073/pnas.44.8.780. PMC 534559. PMID 16590271.
- ^ Ewing, M. (1959). "Significance of the Worzel Deep Sea Ash". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 45 (3): 355–361. Bibcode:1959PNAS...45..355E. doi:10.1073/pnas.45.3.355. PMC 222565. PMID 16590390.