LC control no. | n 84014964 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Dalziel, Ian W. D., 1937- |
Variant(s) | Dalziel, I. W. D. Dalziel, I. W. D. (Ian W. D.), 1937- |
Associated country | Texas |
Birth date | 1937-11-26 |
Place of birth | Glasgow (Scotland) |
Field of activity | Geology Geophysics Plate tectonics |
Affiliation | University of Edinburgh University of Wisconsin--Madison Columbia University University of Texas at Austin |
Profession or occupation | Geologists College teachers |
Found in | His Tectonic evolution of a forearc terrane, southern Scotia Ridge, Antarctica, c1984: CIP t.p. (Ian W.D. Dalziel, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, New York) data sheet (b. 1937) LC data base, 8/30/84 (hdg.: Dalziel, I. W. D.; usage: I. W. D. Dalziel) Wikipedia web site, April 4, 2024: (Ian Dalziel (geologist) ; Ian Dalziel is a Scottish geologist who pioneered the study of pre-Pangaea plate tectonics and the theory of supercontinent cycles on Earth. Ian Dalziel was born 26 November 1937, in Glasgow, Scotland where he lived with his actor parents before moving to the University of Edinburgh, where he earned a B.Sc. and later a Ph.D. in geology. After a short stint lecturing geology at University of Edinburgh, Dalziel moved to the U.S. to join the University of Wisconsin as assistant professor in 1963. Just a few years later, in 1967, he joined Columbia University as associate professor then later senior research scientist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory (now the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory). In 1985, he made the move to Austin, Texas, to join the University of Texas at Austin Institute for Geophysics, where he is now research professor. ; fields: geophysics, field geology, plate tectonics) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Dalziel_(geologist)> |
Associated language | eng |