Richard Stappenbeck

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Richard Stappenbeck , also Ricardo Stappenbeck , (born May 2, 1880 in Salzwedel , † July 12, 1963 in Munich ) was a German geologist, known for research on the geology of Argentina . He was a professor of engineering geology at the TH Charlottenburg .

He explored the Andean region of Argentina (and orogeny of the Andes) and contributed to the discovery of the Comodoro Rivadavia oil field. In particular, he is known for fundamental work on the hydrogeology of Argentina. He published on oil occurrences and deposits in Argentina and usable minerals in South America. He worked temporarily for the Ministry of Agriculture in Argentina.

He received his doctorate in Berlin in 1905 (About Stephanospondylus ng and Phanerosaurus H. v. Meyer) and was a student of Josef Felix Pompeckj .

In the founding year 1910, Stappenbeck became a member of the Geological Association and in the founding year 1912 a member of the Paleontological Society .

Fonts

  • La Precordillero de San Juan y Mendoza, Anales del Ministerio de Agricultura / Dirección General de Minas, Geología e Hidrología, Buenos Aires 1910
  • Estudios geológicos e hidrogeológicos en la zona subandina de las provincias de Salta y Tucumán, Anales del Ministerio de Agricultura 1921
  • Geology and groundwater science of the pampas, Stuttgart: Schweizerbart 1926
  • The mineral deposits of South America and their significance for the German Empire, magazine of the German Scientific Association for the cultural and regional studies of Argentina. Volume 2, H. 2, pp. 106-117 and H. 3, pp. 142-173, Buenos Aires 1916
  • Overview of the usable deposits in Argentina and the Magalhaesländer, Z. f. Practical Geology 18, 1909
  • Geology of the Chicama Valley in Northern Peru and its anthracite deposits, geological and palaeontological treatises; NF Vol. 16 (= The whole series Vol. 20,) H. 4, Jena: G. Fischer 1929
  • Formation and origin of the Upper Silesian lead zinc ore deposits, Archive for Deposit Research, No. 41, 1929
  • Map of the mineral deposits of South America = Mapa de los yacimientos de minerales de Sud-América = Mappa des jazidas mineraes de America do Sul, Berlin: Reimer 1926 (scale 1: 3,750,000, with 8 additional maps)

literature

  • Juan Olsacher, obituary in Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina, Volume 18, July – Dec. 1963, 113-115

References and comments

  1. ↑ Dissertation Geology and German Oil Policy, 1928 to 1938 , Berlin 2003, by Titus Kockel on Alfred Bentz , p. 237
  2. ↑ In 1927 he was one of the co-editors of the Festschrift für Pompeckj, edited by his students
  3. ↑ Geologische Rundschau, 1, Engelmann, Leipzig 1910
  4. ^ Palaeontological Journal 1, Issue 1, March 1914
personal data
SURNAME Stappenbeck, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stappenbeck, Ricardo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Salzwedel
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1963
Place of death Munich