Hugh Gwyn Owen

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Hugh Gwyn Owen (born November 11, 1933 ) is a British paleontologist and geophysicist. He worked mainly at the British Museum in the mineralogy and paleontology departments, where he a. a. developed a new technique of thin sections , researched the paleontology of ammonites worldwide in some time stages of the Lower Cretaceous and consequently devoted himself intensively to the geological detection of continental drift .

His best-known work is the Atlas of Continental Displacement: 200 Million Years to the Present , in which he brought together all the facts known at the time and with which he represented a moderate form of the expansion theory of the earth.

Important works

  • 1957: Short Communications (instrumental developments on thin sections, chuck etc.), Mineralogical Magazine Vol. 31, p. 425-429, London
  • 1983: Atlas of Continental Displacement: 200 Million Years to the Present (172 p. With approx. 30 sketches and 76 full-page maps), Cambridge University Press. Parts accessible online , ISBN 978-0521258173
  • 1984: Albian Stage and Substage boundaries . Bull. Geol. Denmark, vol. 33, Copenhagen; online (PDF; 528 kB).

See also

supporting documents

  1. ^ Library of Congress , accessed May 27, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Owen, Hugh Gwyn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British paleontologist and geophysicist
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1933