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William Jason Morgan (October 10, 1935 – July 31, 2023) was an American geophysicist who made seminal contributions to the theory of plate tectonics and geodynamics. He retired as the Knox Taylor Professor emeritus of geology and professor of geosciences at Princeton University.
W. Jason Morgan war ein US-amerikanischer Geophysiker, der bahnbrechende Arbeiten zur Plattentektonik und Geodynamik geleistet hat. Er war zuletzt emeritierter Knox Taylor Professor für Geologie und Professor für Geowissenschaften an der Princeton University.
6. Okt. 2023 · W. Jason Morgan, discoverer of plate tectonics (1935–2023) Geophysicist who showed how segments of Earth’s crust move. By. Lawrence M. Cathles. Credit: Office of Communications, Princeton...
14. Aug. 2023 · Morgan, Princeton University’s Knox Taylor Professor of Geology, Emeritus, and a professor of geophysics, emeritus, was a pioneer of the theory of plate tectonics, which explains that mountains, earthquakes, volcanoes and more are caused by the movement of rigid plates floating on Earth’s mantle.
7. Okt. 2023 · W. Jason Morgan passed away on July 31, 2023 at his home in Beverly, Massachusetts. Morgan (*64, Faculty 1967-2003), the Knox Taylor Professor of Geosciences emeritus, was an enormously influential figure in shaping our understanding of the movements of our planet’s surface and its interior.
19. Okt. 2023 · William Jason Morgan, the geophysicist who transformed Earth sciences, died on 31 July. He was 87. Morgan discovered plate tectonics, a concept that influences scientists’ understanding of almost every branch of geology.
11. Aug. 2023 · W. Jason Morgan, who in 1967 developed the theory of plate tectonics — a framework that revolutionized the study of earthquakes, volcanoes and the slow, steady shift of the continents across the...
