Otto Ampferer
Otto Ampferer (1 December 1875 in Hötting near Innsbruck – 9 July 1947) was an Austrian alpinist and geologist. To explain the complex processes of Orogeny, he developed his "theory of undercurrent" with the idea of a partially plastic deep Earth's crust (asthenosphere). He became – even before Alfred Wegener – the pioneer of the modern view of mobilism.
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Otto Ampferer, c. 1900 | |
| Born | 1 December 1875 in Hötting near Innsbruck |
| Died | 9 July 1947 |
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