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John Tuzo Wilson

Earth Sciences

#16

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#72

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Physical Geography

#53

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#66

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John Tuzo Wilson's Degrees

PhD Geology Princeton University

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According to Wikipedia, John Tuzo Wilson was a Canadian geophysicist and geologist who achieved worldwide acclaim for his contributions to the theory of plate tectonics. Plate tectonics is the scientific theory that the rigid outer layers of the Earth , the lithosphere, is broken up into around 13 pieces or "plates" that move independently over the weaker asthenosphere. Wilson maintained that the Hawaiian Islands were formed as a tectonic plate shifted to the northwest over a fixed hotspot, spawning a long series of volcanoes. He also conceived of the transform fault, a major plate boundary where two plates move past each other horizontally .

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John Tuzo Wilson's Published Works

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A New Class of Faults and their Bearing on Continental Drift (1965) (1118)
A possible origin of the Hawaiian Islands (1963) (1054)
Evidence from Islands on the Spreading of Ocean Floors (1963) (326)
Is the African Plate Stationary? (1972) (221)
Mantle plumes and plate motions (1973) (216)
Magnetic Anomalies over a Young Oceanic Ridge off Vancouver Island (1965) (209)
Evidence from ocean islands suggesting movement in the Earth (1965) (206)
Hypothesis of Earth's Behaviour (1963) (204)
Relative and Latitudinal Motion of Atlantic Hot Spots (1973) (199)
Hot spots on the Earth's surface (1976) (177)
Static or mobile earth: The current scientific revolution (1969) (154)
Submarine Fracture Zones, Aseismic Ridges and the International Council of Scientific Unions Line: Proposed Western Margin of the East Pacific Ridge (1965) (93)
Are the structures of the Caribbean and Scotia arc regions analogous to ice rafting (1966) (91)
The Development and Structure of the Crust (1954) (62)
Cabot Fault, An Appalachian Equivalent of the San Andreas and Great Glen Faults and some Implications for Continental Displacement (1962) (61)
Dating galenas by means of their isotopic constitutions (1954) (56)
Two Types of Mountain Building (1972) (55)
Compilation of deep crustal seismic refraction profiles (1966) (42)
Physics and Geology (1973) (40)
Transform Faults, Oceanic Ridges, and Magnetic Anomalies Southwest of Vancouver Island (1965) (39)
Some Consequences of Expansion of the Earth (1960) (37)
Plumes and Concentric Plume Traces of the Eurasian Plate (1973) (32)
Memoirs: Observations upon the Development and Succession of the Teeth in Perameles; together with a Contribution to the Discussion of the Homologies of the Teeth in Marsupial Animals (30)
Origin of the Earth's Crust (1957) (20)
Convection tectonics: some possible effects upon the Earth's surface of flow from the deep mantle (1988) (19)
On the building and classification of mountains (1990) (19)
Orogenesis as the fundamental geological process (1952) (16)
Radioactivity and Age of Minerals (1956) (16)
On the Nature and Mode of Origin of the Foramen of Magendie. (1937) (15)
Some Major Structures of the Canadian Shield (1949) (15)
Continents in Motion: The New Earth Debate (1992) (13)
Continental and Oceanic Differentiation (1961) (13)
Geological Expedition to Capes Dyer and Searle, Baffin Island, Canada (1965) (13)
New Insights into Old Shields (1972) (12)
THE DOUBLE INNERVATION OF STRIATED MUSCLE (1921) (11)
On the Anatomy of the Calamus Region in the Human Bulb; with an Account of a hitherto undescribed "Nucleus postremus.": Part I. (11)
Recent applications of geophysical methods to the study of the Canadian Shield (1950) (11)
On the skeleton of the snout of the mammary foetus of monotremes (10)
Continents adrift and continents aground : readings from Scientific American (1976) (10)
Aspects of the different mechanics of ocean floors and continents (1969) (9)
Some considerations regarding geochronology with special reference to precambrian time (1952) (9)
Pattern of Uplifted Islands in the Main Ocean Basins (1963) (9)
On the Question of the Interpretation of the Structural Features of the Early Blastocyst of the Guinea-pig. (1928) (8)
Further Observations on the Innervation of Axillary Muscles in Man. (8)
Early Days in University Geophysics (1982) (8)
Some aspects of geophysics in canada with special reference to structural research in the Canadian Shield (1948) (7)
Observations upon Young Human Embryos. (7)
Abnormal Distribution of the Nerve to the Quadratus Femoris in Man, with Remarks on its Significance. (6)
Some Rules for Continental Drift (1966) (6)
Continents adrift : readings from Scientific American (1972) (6)
Continental drift and a theory of convection (1990) (5)
An Extension of Lake's Hypothesis Concerning Mountain and Island Arcs (1949) (5)
A Message from the Arctic Institute of North America (1948) (5)
Overdue: another scientific revolution (1977) (5)
Plate tectonics: Room at the top of the world (1985) (5)
The movement of continents (1964) (5)
On the Anatomy on the Calamus Region in the Human Bulb; with an Account of a hitherto undescribed "Nucleus postremus.": Part II. (4)
The Innervation of the Achselbogen Muscle. (4)
Observations upon the anatomy and relations of the "dumb-bell-shaped" bone in Ornithorhyncus, with a new theory of its homology; and upon a hitherto undescribed character of the nasal septum in the genera Ornithorhyncus and Echidna (4)
Two Cases of Fourth Molar Teeth in the Skulls of an Australian Aboriginal and a New Caledonian. (4)
Geophysical institutes of the U.S.S.R. and of the people's Republic of China (1959) (4)
Discussion of “Some aspects of geophysics in Canada with special reference to structural research in the Canadian Shield (Part 2: An approach to the structure of the Canadian Shield)” (1949) (4)
On the Fate of the "Taenia Clino-Orbitalis" (Gaupp) in Echidna and in Ornithorhynchus respectively; with Demonstration of Specimens and Stereo-Photographs. (3)
On the Application of the Spalteholtz Clearing Method to the Study of Thick Serial Sections of Embryos, with Demonstration of Specimens. (3)
On the homologies of the borders and surfaces of the scapula in monotremes (3)
Preliminary assessment of the Lago Mercedes discovery, Magallanes Basin, Chile (1993) (3)
Discussion of "Proterozoic in Canada" (1957) (3)
Further observations upon the anatomy of the integumentary structures in the muzzle of Ornithorhynchus (3)
Development of ideas about the Canadian Shield: A personal account (1985) (2)
Currents in the mantle and the geology of continents (1991) (2)
Description (with figures) of a young specimen of Ornithorhynchus anatinus from the collection of the Australian Museum, Sydney (2)
Two Cases of Variation in the Nerve-Supply of the First Lumbrical Muscle in the Hand. (2)
Some Implications of New Ideas on Ocean-Floor Spreading upon the Geology of the Appalachians (1967) (2)
On the skeleton of the snout and os carunculae of the mammary foetus of monotremes (2)
Continental drift emphasizing the history of the south Atlantic area: A UNESCO/IUGS Symposium held at Montevideo, Uruguay, On October 16–19, 1967 (1972) (2)
Multiple Hypoglossal Ganglia in the Calf. (2)
THE EFFECT OF NEW OROGENETIC THEORIES UPON IDEAS OF THE TECTONICS OF THE CANADIAN SHIELD (1962) (2)
Comment on "A Model for Bonanza Gold Deposits" By S.B. Romberger (1993) (2)
The Earth's Mantle (1968) (1)
The Innervation of Axillary Muscular Arches in Man, with Remarks on their Homology. (1)
The Cabot and Great Glen Faults (1963) (1)
Some Aspects of the Current Revolution in the Earth Sciences (1969) (1)
Geology and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Sepik-Ramu Area, Ramu Basin, Papua New Guinea (1990) (0)
Awards presented at Fifty‐Third Annual Meeting (1972) (0)
Honey Hill Fault in Eastern Connecticut: Regional Relations: Discussion (1973) (0)
SEISMIC STUDIES AND EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATIONS. Final Report (1963) (0)
Former Mountain Connections in the Arctic (1961) (0)
Continental Migration: ABSTRACT (1969) (0)
The North Magnetic Pole and geophysics in Canada (1988) (0)
Patterns of Growth of Ocean Basins and Continents (1966) (0)
John Irvine Hunter, M.D., 1898-1924 (1925) (0)
On a Method of Mounting and Exhibiting Frozen Sections of the Cadaver in the Anatomical Museum. (0)
Plate Tectonics: ABSTRACT (1975) (0)
UNESCO-I.U.G.S. symposium on continental drift Montevideo, Uruguay, October 1967 (1968) (0)
Abstract: Two scientific revolutions in the earth sciences (1992) (0)
Note on a New Expedient for improving the Colour-Injection of Dissection Cadavera. (0)
The career and scientific work of Ronald J. Gillespie: an appreciation and overview (2000) (0)
DESCRIPTION OF A CONVENIENT TABLE FOR MICROSCOPY (1928) (0)
You and AGU (1980) (0)
CHAPTER FOUR – The Crust (1964) (0)
Literary and Philosophical Studies (1956) (0)
Memoirs: The Embryonic Area and so-called qPremitive Knotq in the Early Monotreme Egg (1915) (0)
Glacial Map of North America (1947) (0)
Increase in the Period of Earthquake Surface Waves with Distance (1947) (0)
Fourth presentation: Walter H. Bucher Medal to Robert S. Dietz (1971) (0)
The state of the earth sciences in South America (1961) (0)
Earthquakes in China and elsewhere -- Are they becoming more frequent? (1977) (0)
Discussion of “orogenesis as the fundamental geological process” (1953) (0)

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