Martin Bott

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Martin Harold Phillips Bott FRS (* July 12, 1926 - October 20, 2018 ) was Professor of the Faculty of Earth Sciences at the University of Durham . He was a vice-president of the Christians in Science Association . In 1992 he received the Wollaston Medal from the Geological Society of London .

Scientific career

Bott worked at the University of Durham throughout his academic career. In 1954 he started there as a Turner & Newall Research Fellow . In 1956 he got a job as a lecturer in Geophysics , was promoted to Reader in Geophysics in 1963 and was appointed Professor of Geophysics in 1966. He held this position until his retirement in 1988, only interrupted in 1970 by a year abroad at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory . In 1976 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society and in 1992 received the Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society.

research

Bott first dealt with the interpretation of magnetic and gravimetric anomalies in England, u. a. in Devon and Cornwall and in the Eastern Alps . In the late 1950s he began investigating the mechanism of geological faults and published work on various problems related to the structure of the earth's crust .

In the 1960s he published essays on the use of digital computation methods to solve geophysical problems and further work on the structure of the earth's crust and regional geophysical studies in England and Ireland. In the early 1970s his textbook The interior of the earth was published , in which he summarized the current state of knowledge about the structure of the earth. In addition to theoretical work on the interpretation of magnetic and gravimetric anomalies, further regional works on geophysical investigations appeared in the course of the next few years, such as the Faroe Islands , South Greenland or the Lesser Antilles . Even after his retirement, he remained loyal to his research areas and until recently has published numerous scientific articles.

Publications

  • 1971: The Interior of the Earth . London: Edward Arnold, ISBN 0-7131-2274-9 .
  • 1976: Sedimentary Basins of Continental Margins and Cratons ; based on the symposium… Durham, 1976. Amsterdam: Elsevier, ISBN 0-444-41549-1 (Ed.) (also issued as: Tectonophysics ; vol. 36, nos. 1-3)
  • 1982: The Interior of the Earth: its structure, constitution and evolution ; 2nd ed. London: Edward Arnold, ISBN 0-7131-2842-9 .
  • 1983: Structure and Development of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge: new methods and concepts . New York: Plenary, ISBN 0-306-41019-2 (Ed., With others)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bott, Prof. Martin Harold Phillips, (12 July 1926–20 Oct. 2018), Professor, 1966–88, Research Professor, 1988–91, in Geophysics, University of Durham, then Professor Emeritus . In: Who Was Who . Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1 , doi : 10.1093 / ww / 9780199540884.013.u8187 ( ukwhoswho.com [accessed August 5, 2020]).
  2. ↑ Obituary , accessed on November 13, 2018
  3. ↑ Prof. Martin HP Bott. Durham University website
  4. ^ Vice Presidents . Christians In Science , 2008, archived from the original on August 19, 2008 ; accessed on January 23, 2016 (English, original website no longer available).
  5. ↑ Wollaston Medal . The Geological Society of London , archived from the original on August 19, 2010 ; accessed on January 23, 2016 (English, original website no longer available).
  6. ^ MHP Bott: The mantle transition zone as possible source of global gravity anomalies . In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters . Volume 11, No. 1-5 , 1971, pp. 28-34 , doi : 10.1016 / 0012-821X (71) 90137-3 .
  7. ^ MHP Bott, AA Day, D. Masson-Smith: The Geological Interpretation of Gravity and Magnetic Surveys in Devon and Cornwall . In: Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A 4, December 1958, vol. 251, no. 992, pp. 161-191, doi: 10.1098 / rsta.1958.0013
  8. ^ MHP Bott: Interpretation of the gravity field of the Eastern Alps . In: Geological Magazine , 1954, Cambridge Univ. Press
  9. ^ The Mechanics of Oblique Slip Faulting . In: Geological Magazine , 1959, 96, pp. 109-117, Cambridge University Press, doi: 10.1017 / S0016756800059987 .
  10. ↑ Martin Harold Phillips Bott: A geophysical study of the granite problem . In: Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society , 1956, v. 112, issue 1-4, pp. 45-67, doi: 10.1144 / GSL.JGS.1956.112.01-04.04 .
  11. ^ MHP Bott: The use of Rapid Digital Computing Methods for Direct Gravity Interpretation of Sedimentary Basins . In: Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society . Volume 3, Issue 1, pp. 63-67, 1960, doi: 10.1111 / j.1365-246X.1960.tb00065.x
  12. ^ MHP Bott: The interior of the earth; its Structure, Constitution and Evolution . Edward Arnold, London 1971 ( the book was published in a 2nd edition in 1982 ).
  13. ^ MHP Bott, J. Sunderland, PJ Smith: Evidence for continental crust beneath the Faeroe Islands . In: Nature . tape 248 , no. 5445 , 1974, pp. 202-204 , doi : 10.1038 / 248202a0 .
  14. ^ PS Featherstone, MHP Bott, JH Peacock: Structure of the continental margin of South-eastern Greenland . In: Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society . tape 48 , no. 1 , 1977, pp. 15-27 , doi : 10.1111 / j.1365-246X.1977.tb01282.x .
  15. ^ GK Westbrook, MHP Bott, JH Peacock: Lesser Antilles Subduction Zone in the Vicinity of Barbados . In: Nature . tape 244 , 1973, pp. 118-120 , doi : 10.1038 / physci244118a0 .
personal data
SURNAME Bott, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bott, Martin Harold Phillips (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British geologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1926
DATE OF DEATH 20th October 2018