Hans Closs
Hans Closs (born July 1, 1907 , † December 2, 1982 ) was a German geophysicist.
From 1936 to 1939, Closs was involved in the Prussian State Geological Institute and in the geophysical survey of the Reich. Among other things, he carried out gravity measurements and was involved in the discovery of oil and iron ore deposits (north of Braunschweig). After the Second World War he was at what would later become the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Raw Materials , where he headed the geophysics laboratories. In 1972 he retired.
In 1965 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
In 1973 he received the Hans Stille Medal . In 1981 he became an honorary member of the German Geophysical Society .
literature
- Hans-Jürgen Dürbaum, Dieter Pfeiffer (editor) Festschrift for the 75th birthday of Hans Closs , Geological Yearbook (Bundesanstalt Geowiss.), Series E, Volume 23, 1982
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Closs The Geophysical Reichsaufnahme and its prehistory ( Memento of the original from June 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . From M. Koenig on the history of geophysics , 1974, volume 1, The German Geophysical Society 1922–1974
- ^ Member entry by Hans Closs at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on August 23, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Closs, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geophysicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1907 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd December 1982 |