Meaning | A geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth. |
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Instances | Mohorovicic, Andrija Mohorovicic | Yugoslav geophysicist for whom the Mohorovicic discontinuity was named (1857-1936) |
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Wegener, Alfred Lothar Wegener | German geophysicist who proposed the theory of continental drift (1880-1930) |
Wilson, John Tuzo Wilson | Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study / study of plate tectonics (1908-1993) |
Narrower | seismologist | A geophysicist who studies earthquakes and the mechanical characteristics / characteristics of the Earth |
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Broader | geologist | A specialist in geology |
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Spanish | geofísico |
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Nouns | geophysics | geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth |
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