Bruce C. Heezen

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Bruce C. Heezen was an American geologist and oceanographer renowned for his pioneering work in seafloor mapping and the discovery of extensive mid-ocean ridge systems.

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Generate an image of Bruce C. Heezen (Bruce C. Heezen was an American geologist and oceanographer renowned for his pioneering work in seafloor mapping and the discovery of extensive mid-ocean ridge systems.)

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instanceOf geologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
oceanographer ⓘ
burialPlace Vinton, Iowa ⓘ
collaboratedWith Marie Tharp ⓘ
contributedTo global bathymetric charts ⓘ
physiographic diagrams of the ocean floor ⓘ
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1924-04-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1977-06-21 ⓘ
diedWhile on a research cruise ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia University ⓘ
University of Iowa ⓘ
employer Columbia University ⓘ
familyName Heezen ⓘ
fieldOfWork marine geology ⓘ
oceanography ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
seafloor mapping ⓘ
givenName Bruce ⓘ
hasAcademicAdvisor Maurice Ewing ⓘ
hasNotableStudent Kenneth Hsu ⓘ
William Ryan ⓘ
honoredBy Heezen Fault Zone ⓘ
Heezen Glacier ⓘ
Heezen Seamount ⓘ
influenced acceptance of seafloor spreading ⓘ
development of plate tectonics theory ⓘ
knownFor Heezen–Tharp physiographic maps of the ocean floor ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
name Bruce C. Heezen ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableFor discovery and documentation of mid-ocean ridge systems ⓘ
early evidence supporting plate tectonics theory ⓘ
pioneering work in mapping the seafloor ⓘ
occupation geologist ⓘ
oceanographer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Vinton, Iowa ⓘ
placeOfDeath near Reykjanes Ridge ⓘ
researchFocus continental margins ⓘ
global mid-ocean ridge system ⓘ
morphology of the ocean floor ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workedAt Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory ⓘ
workedOn North Atlantic Ocean bathymetry ⓘ
global mid-ocean ridge mapping ⓘ

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Marie Tharp → collaboratedWith → Bruce C. Heezen ⓘ
Bruce C. Heezen → name → Bruce C. Heezen ⓘ
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Tharp-Heezen Seamounts → namedAfter → Bruce C. Heezen ⓘ
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Heezen Glacier → namedAfter → Bruce C. Heezen ⓘ
Heezen Glacier → hasAssociatedPerson → Bruce C. Heezen ⓘ
Heezen → notableBearer → Bruce C. Heezen ⓘ
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Heezen Fault Zone → namedAfter → Bruce C. Heezen ⓘ
Heezen Fault Zone → hasNameOrigin → American oceanographer Bruce C. Heezen ⓘ
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