James Ransom Heirtzler: A Tribute
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چکیده
James Ransom Heirtzler passed away in Silver Spring, Maryland, on 15 July 2022, at age 96. He was born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 16 September 1925. served the U.S. Navy tropical and western Pacific during 1944–1946. graduated from New York University obtaining a Ph.D. Physics 1953 taught American of Beirut 1953–1956. Dr. Columbia 1960–1969, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1969–1985, then NASA Goddard Space Flight Center until retiring 2004. authored or coauthored 168 scientific articles, edited numerous books participated production documentary movie “Where Earth Turns Inside Out.” fellow Geophysical Union, Geological Society America, Physical Society. led cruises all oceans world had expeditions both Polar Regions. has two Antarctic geological features microfossil named for him: Ice Piedmont (72°34′S 61°25′W), Fracture Zone (63°30′S 162°30′E), “Pithonella heirtzleri.”
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Perspectives of earth and space scientists
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2637-6989']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2022cn000186