Godfrid Wessely
Godfrid Wessely (born January 31, 1934 in Groß-Inzersdorf ) is an Austrian geologist.
Life
Wessely attended secondary school in Zwettl and Krems an der Donau and received his doctorate in 1959 from the University of Vienna on the geology of the Hainburg mountains . After that he was an external member of the Federal Geological Institute and was entrusted with mapping tasks. From 1959 he was an exploration geologist at the Austrian Mineral Oil Administration (ÖMV), where he became chief geologist in 1985. He supervised deep drilling, e.g. B. to explore the limestone Alps underground in the Vienna Basin , which were the prerequisite for the exploitation of the existing oil and gas fields, but also provided new geological knowledge of the Alpine structure, the Molasse zone and the Vienna Basin.
He has been married since 1959 and has four children.
Awards
- 2004 professional title professor
- 2006 Eduard Sueß commemorative coin of the Austrian Geological Society, of which he is an honorary member.
- 2007 Science Prize of the State of Lower Austria
Fonts
- Geology of Lower Austria. Vienna 2006.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Awarding of the Eduard Sueß commemorative coin to Wessely ( Memento of the original of September 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Fritz Steininger : Award 2007 of the State of Lower Austria for Dr. Godfrid Wessely ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Austrian Geological Society
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SURNAME | Wessely, Godfrid |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian geologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1934 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Gross-Inzersdorf |