Walter H. Bucher Medal
The Walter H. Bucher Medal is a geoscientific award given by the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
The medal is awarded every two years. The award is intended to recognize contributions to understanding and knowledge about the earth's crust , its composition and structure.
The award was introduced in 1966. It is named after Walter Hermann Bucher (1888–1965) who, through his primarily geological work, made a significant contribution to understanding and researching the earth's crust. Bucher was President of the AGU from 1948 to 1953. Bucher's main fields of investigation were the tectonic processes of the earth and the resulting main manifestations in the earth's crust.
Award winners
- 1966 - John Tuzo Wilson
- 1969 - James Gilluly
- 1970 - David T. Griggs
- 1971 - Robert S. Dietz
- 1972 - W. Jason Morgan
- 1974 - Maurice Ewing
- 1975 - Lynn Sykes
- 1977 - Bruce C. Heezen
- 1979 - Edward Irving
- 1981 - Jack E. Oliver
- 1983 - John W. Handin
- 1985 - John G. Sclater
- 1987 - William F. Brace
- 1989 - Arthur H. Lachenbruch
- 1991 - Seiya Uyeda
- 1993 - Aleksey N. Khramov
- 1995 - Patrick Hurley
- 1996 - Hiroo Kanamori
- 1998 - Norman H. Sleep
- 2000 - James H. Dieterich
- 2002 - Stuart Ross Taylor
- 2004 - Mervyn S. Paterson
- 2006 - E. Bruce Watson
- 2008 - Mark Zoback
- 2010 - Paul F. Hoffman
- 2012 - James Rice
- 2014 - Bryan Isacks
- 2016 - Samuel A. Bowring
- 2018 - Philip C. England
- 2019 - Leigh Royden
Web links
- ^ Robin Bell, Mary Anne Holmes: 2019 AGU Union Medal, Award, and Prize Recipients Announced. In: eos.org. August 22, 2019, accessed on August 26, 2019 .