Augusto Gansser-Biaggi
Swiss geologist
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Augusto Gansser-Biaggi's Degrees
- PhD Geology University of Zurich
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Augusto Gansser-Biaggi was a Swiss geologist who specialised in the geology of the Himalayas. He was born in Milan. Career His geological researches were global in scope:East Greenland , a 4-month expedition under Lauge Koch.Himalaya , an 8-month expedition under Arnold Heim.Colombia Trinidad Iran He got the Tibetan variant of malaria at the First Swiss Himalaya Expedition, and thereafter a lifelong resistance. He circumambulated Mount Kailash disguised as a pilgrim, discovering at the foot of the mountain the origin of one rock seen in the Indian part of the Himalayass and a sensation: seafloor rocks on its South side . Later on, he interpreted this Indus-Yarlung-Tsangpo Suture Zone as the border between the Indian and the Eurasian Plate.
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