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H. Jay Melosh

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American geophysicist

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H. Jay Melosh
Earth Sciences
#258
World Rank
#517
Historical Rank
#108
USA Rank
Geophysics
#40
World Rank
#57
Historical Rank
#18
USA Rank
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According to Wikipedia, H. Jay Melosh was an American geophysicist specialising in impact cratering. He earned a degree in physics from Princeton University and a doctoral degree in physics and geology from Caltech in 1972. His PhD thesis concerned quarks. Melosh's research interests include impact craters, planetary tectonics, and the physics of earthquakes and landslides. His recent research includes studies of the giant impact origin of the Moon, the Chicxulub impact that is thought to have extinguished most dinosaurs, and studies of ejection of rocks from their parent bodies. He was active in astrobiological studies that relate chiefly to the exchange of microorganisms between the terrestrial planets .

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