geophysicist

Other forms: geophysicists

Definitions of geophysicist
  1. noun
    a geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth
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    examples:
    Andrija Mohorovicic
    Yugoslav geophysicist for whom the Mohorovicic discontinuity was named (1857-1936)
    Alfred Lothar Wegener
    German geophysicist who proposed the theory of continental drift (1880-1930)
    John Tuzo Wilson
    Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993)
    types:
    seismologist
    a geophysicist who studies earthquakes and the mechanical characteristics of the Earth
    type of:
    geologist
    a specialist in geology
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