Maurice Ewing
William Maurice "Doc" Ewing (May 12, 1906 – May 4, 1974) was an American geophysicist and oceanographer.
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) 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 |
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.
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