American geophysicist and oceanographer (1906–1974)
For the professor of surgery, see Maurice Ewing (surgeon).
Maurice Ewing
Ewing in 1948
Born
William Maurice Ewing
(1906-05-12)May 12, 1906
Lockney, Texas, US
Died
May 4, 1974(1974-05-04) (aged 67)
Galveston, Texas, US
Alma mater
Rice University
Awards
Alexander Agassiz Medal (1954) William Bowie Medal (1957) Cullum Geographical Medal (1961) John J. Carty Award (1963) Wollaston Medal (1969) National Medal of Science (1973) Vetlesen Prize (1960) Fellow of the Royal Society (1972)[1] Walter H. Bucher Medal (1974) Penrose Medal (1974)
Scientific career
Fields
geophysics underwater acoustics oceanography
Institutions
Lehigh University Columbia University University of Texas
Thesis
Calculation of ray paths from seismic travel-time curves (1931)
Doctoral advisor
Harold A. Wilson
William Maurice "Doc" Ewing (May 12, 1906 – May 4, 1974) was an American geophysicist and oceanographer.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Ewing has been described as a pioneering geophysicist who worked on the research of seismic reflection and refraction in ocean basins, ocean bottom photography, submarine sound transmission (including the SOFAR channel), deep sea core samples of the ocean bottom, theory and observation of earthquake surface waves, fluidity of the Earth's core, generation and propagation of microseisms, submarine explosion seismology, marine gravity surveys, bathymetry and sedimentation, natural radioactivity of ocean waters and sediments, study of abyssal plains and submarine canyons.
^ abBullard, E. (1975). "William Maurice Ewing 12 May 1906 -- 4 May 1974". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 21: 268–311. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1975.0007. S2CID 58639151.
^Drake, C. L. (1974). "Maurice Ewing". Physics Today. 27 (7): 59. Bibcode:1974PhT....27g..59D. doi:10.1063/1.3128712.
^Maurice Ewing and the Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory
^Benioff, H. (1951). "Sound Waves in the Atmosphere Generated by a Small Earthquake". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 37 (9): 600–603. Bibcode:1951PNAS...37..600B. doi:10.1073/pnas.37.9.600. PMC 1063427. PMID 16589019.
^Oliver, J. (1958). "Seismic Surface Waves at Palisades from Explosions in Nevada and the Marshall Islands". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 44 (8): 780–785. Bibcode:1958PNAS...44..780O. doi:10.1073/pnas.44.8.780. PMC 534559. PMID 16590271.
^Ewing, M. (1959). "Significance of the Worzel Deep Sea Ash". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 45 (3): 355–361. Bibcode:1959PNAS...45..355E. doi:10.1073/pnas.45.3.355. PMC 222565. PMID 16590390.
William Maurice "Doc" Ewing (May 12, 1906 – May 4, 1974) was an American geophysicist and oceanographer. Ewing has been described as a pioneering geophysicist...
named in honor of MauriceEwing; these are the American Geophysical Union and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. The MauriceEwing Medal is awarded...
vessel, MauriceEwing's notable capability was to collect multichannel seismic data. MauriceEwing was named for William Maurice "Doc" Ewing, geophysicist...
Bowie Medal (the top award of the American Geophysical Union); the MauriceEwing Medal (the top award of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists); and...
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269,000 km). Notable scientists who worked aboard the Vema include MauriceEwing, Bruce C. Heezen, Ralph (Ralphy) Roessler, J. Lamar Worzel, Jack Nafe...
reliable, and easier to deploy and operate. Project Mogul was conceived by MauriceEwing who had earlier researched the deep sound channel in the oceans and...
American researchers in the 1960s. In 1947, a team of scientists led by MauriceEwing utilizing the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's research vessel...
be observed.[citation needed] In 1947, a team of scientists led by MauriceEwing confirmed the existence of a rise in the central Atlantic Ocean, and...
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. 3: 1–31. Retrieved 26 June 2010. Ivan Tolstoy; MauriceEwing (October 1949). "North Atlantic hydrography and the mid-Atlantic Ridge"...
wins, 7 draws, 4 losses) and Dundee in fifth place (16-7-11). Died: MauriceEwing, 77, American geophysicist and oceanographer, discoverer of the SOFAR...
The deep sound channel was discovered and described independently by MauriceEwing and J. Lamar Worzel at Columbia University and Leonid Brekhovskikh at...
Bruce C. Heezen; Marie Tharp & MauriceEwing (1962). H. Caspers (ed.). "Heezen, Bruce C., Marie Tharp, and MauriceEwing: The Floors of the Oceans. I....
Patrick Aloysius Ewing Sr. (born August 5, 1962) is a Jamaican-American basketball coach and former professional player who last coached for the Georgetown...
1016/S0065-2881(08)60019-X. ISBN 978-0-12-026132-1. Ivan Tolstoy & MauriceEwing (October 1949). "North Atlantic hydrography and the mid-Atlantic Ridge"...
though international collaboration was limited. When American geologist MauriceEwing visited her station in 1951, he invited Lehmann to work at the Lamont...
related sciences." The MauriceEwing Medal (established 1974 and co-sponsored by the United States Navy), named after MauriceEwing, a major contributor...
of Edinburgh Legion of Merit Order of the British Empire MauriceEwing Medal, AGU MauriceEwing Medal, SEG Bucher Medal, SEG Penrose Medal, GSA Wegener...
262 km long and was named after American geophysicist William MauriceEwing. "Dorsa Ewing". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research...
and Sciences V. M. Goldschmidt Award, The Geochemical Society, 1989 MauriceEwing Medal, American Geophysical Union, 1997 "Karl Turekian". www.nasonline...
air on November 7, 1947 by RARE, under Ronne, who named it for Doctor MauriceEwing of Columbia University, who assisted in planning the RARE seismological...
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