Walther E. Petrascheck

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Walther Emil Wilhelm Petrascheck (born March 11, 1906 in Vienna ; † October 30, 1991 there ) was an Austrian geologist.

Life

Petrascheck is the son of Wilhelm Petrascheck , who was professor of geology, paleontology and deposit theory at the Montanuniversität Leoben from 1918 to 1950. He studied natural sciences and especially geology at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen , the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München , the Montanistische Hochschule Leoben , the TH Graz and the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen . He wrote his doctoral thesis on the Solling with Hans Stille . In 1930 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD. He then worked as an assistant in Leoben and at the Silesian Friedrich Wilhelms University . He completed his habilitation in Breslau in 1935 and was appointed associate professor in 1940 . After he had participated as a soldier in World War II, he was awarded in 1949 with Franz Czedik-Eysenberg the Corp loop of the Corps shaft Leoben . In 1950 he was appointed professor of geology and deposit theory at the Montanuniversität Leoben and developed the field of study in mining geology. In 1953/54 he was rector . In 1976 he retired. In 1969 he was elected to the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . Since 1978 he has been a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . After 1960 he resigned from the Schacht Corps "because of tendencies that were too nationalistic and out of date". He dealt in particular with deposit science , which he dealt with from overriding tectonic points of view, initially that of his teacher Stille and later plate tectonics. From him comes the term "Arch Province" in this context. With his father he wrote a standard work about it.

See also

Fonts

  • with Wilhelm Petrascheck: deposit theory. An Introduction to the Science of Mineral Resources , 4th Edition. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung 1992, edited by Walter Pohl (first in 1948 with Wilhelm Petrascheck at Springer Verlag, from the 2nd edition 1961 solely by Walther Petrascheck)
  • Geology alongside war and politics. Life memories . Leobener Green Hefts, New Series, Vol. 8, Vienna, Association of Austrian Scientific Societies, 1988.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dissertation: Tectonic studies on the northern edge of the Solling and on the southern edge of the Elfas .
  2. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 94/241.
  3. ↑ Member entry of Walther E. Petrascheck at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on January 20, 2016.
  4. ^ Walther Emil Petrascheck obituary in the 1992 yearbook of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences (PDF file).
  5. ↑ Petrascheck is practically unknown in Corps Schacht today. He is not listed in the 1996 Kösener corps lists.
personal data
SURNAME Petrascheck, Walther E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Petrascheck, Walther Emil Wilhelm; Petraschek, Walther Emil Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian geologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1991
Place of death Vienna