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Beno Gutenberg (1889-1960), an American geophysicist, is noted for his analyses of earthquake waves and the information they provide about the physical properties of the structure of the solid Earth. With his colleague Charles Richter, Gutenberg published a series of papers in the 1930s on seismic waves that greatly influenced others' subsequent work. Gutenberg and Richter published Seismicity of the Earth in 1941, providing some of the basic information used by later earth scientists in developing the theory of plate tectonics. Gutenberg and Richter also collaborated on the development of various magnitude scales using seismic waves of different types so that observers could assign magnitudes to earthquakes with both shallow and deep foci and occurring at various epicentral distances.
Cutler Cleveland (Lead Author);Tom Lawrence (Topic Editor) "Gutenberg, Beno". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth September 7, 2006; Last revised Date September 7, 2006; Retrieved May 26, 2012 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Gutenberg,_Beno>
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The Encyclopedia of Earth Cutler J. Cleveland is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. Dr. Cleveland is currently a Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at Boston University, with joint appointments in the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies and the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future. He also is a Senior Fellow at the National Council for Science and the Environment in Washington D.C. Dr. Cleveland is als ... (Full Bio)
Beno Gutenberg (1889-1960), an American geophysicist, is noted for his analyses of earthquake waves and the information they provide about the physical properties of the structure of the solid Earth. With his colleague Charles Richter, Gutenberg published a series of papers in the 1930s on seismic waves that greatly influenced others' subsequent work. Gutenberg and Richter published Seismicity of the Earth in 1941, providing some of the basic information used by later earth scientists in developing the theory of plate tectonics. Gutenberg and Richter also collaborated on the development of various magnitude scales using seismic waves of different types so that observers could assign magnitudes to earthquakes with both shallow and deep foci and occurring at various epicentral distances.
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