Gutenberg, Beno
Published: September 7, 2006, 7:40 pm
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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.
Further Reading
Biographical Memoirs: Beno Gutenberg (National Academies of Sciences)
Men & Women of Seismology: Beno Gutenberg (USGS Earthquake Hazards Program)
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Cutler J. 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 25, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Gutenberg,_Beno>
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Cutler J. Cleveland is Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University, where he also is on the faculty of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. Professor Cleveland is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy (Elsevier, 2004), winner of an American Library Association award, the Dictionary of Energy (Elsevier, 2005), Handbook of Energy (Elsevier, forthcoming), and is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. He is the recipient of the Adelma ... (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.
Further Reading
Biographical Memoirs: Beno Gutenberg (National Academies of Sciences)
Men & Women of Seismology: Beno Gutenberg (USGS Earthquake Hazards Program)
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