John Tuzo Wilson

John Tuzo Wilson, CC, OBE, FRS, FRSC, FRSE ( born October 24, 1908 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, † April 15, 1993 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was a Canadian geophysicist and geologist who in the exploration has been earned by glaciers and the geological mapping units.

Wilson developed the first general map of Canadian glaciers and won international recognition for his work on mountain formation, geology of ocean basins and the structure of continents. Great reputation he gained through his particular formulation to hot spots and their meaning in terms of the Seafloor spreading. He is considered one of the pioneers of plate tectonics. In 1970 he formulated the eponymous Wilson cycle. After the development of continental plates passes a constant cycle of breaking grave on marine education and collision orogeny and subduction of oceanic areas to again present a uniform disk.

CV and academic career

John Tuzo Wilson was born in 1908 in Ottawa. He studied including Toronto and the University of Cambridge in 1936 and obtained his Ph.D. at Princeton University, New Jersey. He then worked until the outbreak of the Second World War through the Geological Survey of Canada.

After his Army as an engineer, he returned to Canada. Wilson in 1946, professor of geophysics at the University of Toronto, where he located in the following 14 years, major recognition earned for his work on the geological structure of the Canadian Shield using just evolving method of geochronology. Worldwide recognition he earned with his publications on plate tectonics.

1974 John Tuzo Wilson retired, but remained active as an outstanding lecturer and professor emeritus. Between 1983 and 1986 he served as chancellor of York University and was involved in addition to the Ontario Science Centre, the Director-General, he was until 1985.

John Tuzo Wilson died on 15 April 1993 in Toronto of heart failure.

Awards

For his scientific achievements, Wilson has received numerous awards, including the following:

In honor of his contributions in geology and geophysics by Tuzo Wilson also some mountains in Antarctica, as well as an extinct volcano were named on the floor of the Pacific. The Canadian Geophysical Union also gives the J. Tuzo Wilson named after him, Medal, which he received in 1978 as the first winner himself.

See also

  • Wilson cycle

Important publications

  • Wilson, JT: Evidence from islands on the spreading of the ocean floor. Nature, 197, pp. 536-538 (1963 )
  • Wilson, JT: A new class of faults and Their bearing on continental drift. Nature, 207, pp. 343-347 (1965 )
  • Geologist ( 20th century)
  • Geophysicists
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • Member of the Royal Society
  • Companion of the Order of Canada
  • Officer of the Order of the British Empire
  • Member of the Royal Society of Canada
  • University teachers ( University of Toronto )
  • Canadian
  • Born in 1908
  • Died in 1993
  • Man
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