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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 ...
William Maurice Ewing (* 12. Mai 1906 in Lockney, Texas; † 4. Mai 1974 in Galveston, Texas) war ein US-amerikanischer Geophysiker . Werdegang. Ewing war von 1944 bis 1949 Associate Professor, von 1947 bis 1959 Professor und von 1959 bis 1972 Higgins Professor of Geology an der Columbia University.
Maurice Ewing (born May 12, 1906, Lockney, Texas, U.S.—died May 4, 1974, Galveston, Texas) was a U.S. geophysicist who made fundamental contributions to understanding of marine sediments and ocean basins, using seismic methods.
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William Maurice Ewing was born on May 12, 1906, to Floyd and Hope Hamilton Ewing. Maurice (Pronounced Morris), like his six younger siblings, was heir to the self-discipline and hard work of a farming family that coaxed a livelihood from the harsh flats of the Texas Panhandle. Recreation and relaxation would remain foreign concepts throughout his l...
1930 Mapping the Continental Shelf
After a year at the University of Pittsburgh as a physics instructor, in 1930 Ewing joined the Lehigh University faculty. Four years later, an unexpected visit by Professor Richard Field, of Princeton, and William Bowie, of the US Coast and Geodetic Survey, altered the course of his career completely. The geologic problem they hoped Ewing could unravel was whether the deep place where the continental shelf ends was a geologic fault or the result of outbuilding of sediment from the land. Field...
1935 Explosion Seismology at Sea
With a $2000 grant from the Geological Society of America, Ewing set out in 1935 to do what had never been tried before explosion seismology at sea. On board the Coast Survey’s Oceanographer and later that year on the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Atlantis, Ewing, with Albert Crary and H.M. Rutherford, began tests to trace the basement rock off the coast of Virginia in an outcrop almost to the edge of the continental shelf. Their outdated equipment was borrowed from an oil company th...
1940 Undersea Photography
The scientific community was indeed astounded when, in 1940, Ewing, his younger brother Robert, Vine, and Worzel obtained clear shots of ripples and bare cobbles (proving that currents existed at the bottom, something denied until then) and an abundance of animal life and tracks (contrary to biologists’ predictions). Just before the outbreak of World War II, Ewing accepted the offer of Columbus Iselin to work at Woods Hole on contracts from the newly created National Defense Research Committe...
Most if not all of his 200-plus graduate students achieved a measure of success well above the average. And what higher a professor’s glory than to count among his ahmmi the likes of Albert Crary, Milton Dobrin, William van Dorn, Jim Dorman, Charles Drake, Gordon Hamilton, Jim Hayes, Bruce Heezen, John Bracken Hersey, Sam Katz, Marcus Langseth, Gar...
1999 The Maurice Ewing a 299 ft research vessel owned by the Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, is launched1997 Maurice Ewing Earth and Planetary Sciences Fund is established by the National Academy of Sciences1977 Maurice Ewing Medalis created as SEG's highest award1976 Maurice Ewing Medal is created, jointly awarded by the American Geophysical Union and the US Navy- Maurice Ewing by Dolores Proubasta, The Leading Edge Mar 1991, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 15-20Maurice Ewing (1906-1974) was a pioneer of ocean floor research and a key contributor to plate tectonics theory. He discovered the mid-ocean ridge, the SOFAR channel, and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, among other achievements.
Maurice Ewing, Professor für Geologie an der amerikanischen Columbia-Universität, brachte von seiner Expedition zur Erforschung des submarinen Gebirges im Atlantik 60 Millionen...
Abstract. Appropriately, this meeting is dedicated to Professor Maurice Ewing whose career in geophysics began and ended in Texas, and to whom we are indebted for his efforts in fostering new links between astronomy and geophysics.
