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Tanya Atwater

Earth Sciences

Tanya Marie Atwater is an American geophysicist and marine geologist born in 1942 in Los Angeles, California, who is professor emerita at the University of California, Santa Barbara, from which she retired in 2007. Her research reconstructed the plate tectonic evolution of western North America, studied seafloor spreading and propagating rifts near the Galapagos Islands, explained the San Andreas Fault as a boundary between the Pacific and North American plates, and examined hydrothermal vents and ocean floor geology. She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1997, received the Penrose Medal in 2019, and received the Wollaston Medal in 2022.

Facts
Birth Year
1942 1
Field
Geophysics and marine geology, plate tectonics 1
Nationality
American 1
Notable Work
Plate tectonic history of western North America 1
Birthplace
Los Angeles, United States 2
Field
Field (category)
Physics 1
Field (category)
Earth Science 1
Connections

Member Of

National Academy of Sciences, Institutions
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Works In

Geology, Disciplines
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Geophysics, Disciplines
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1. Tanya Atwater, Wikipedia
  • Lead, sentence 1, birth year
    Tanya Atwater (born 1942) is an American geophysicist and marine geologist who specializes in plate tectonics.
  • Lead, sentence 1, nationality
    Tanya Atwater (born 1942) is an American geophysicist and marine geologist who specializes in plate tectonics.
  • Lead, sentence 1, field
    Tanya Atwater (born 1942) is an American geophysicist and marine geologist who specializes in plate tectonics.
  • Lead, sentence 2, research
    She is particularly renowned for her early research on the plate tectonic history of western North America.
  • Works In: Geology, Infobox, fields
    Infobox fields: Tectonics ; Marine geology; Marine geophysics
  • Works In: Geophysics, Infobox, fields
    Infobox fields: Tectonics ; Marine geology; Marine geophysics
  • Works In: Geology, Lead sentence
    Tanya Atwater (born 1942) is an American geophysicist and marine geologist who specializes in plate tectonics.
  • Member Of: National Academy of Sciences, Article text
    Atwater is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences elected for her contributions to marine
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2. Tanya Atwater (Wikidata)
P19 (place of birth): Los Angeles, United States
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