William F. Haxby
William Fulton Haxby (born October 3, 1949 in Minneapolis , Minnesota , † January 4, 2006 in Westwood , New Jersey ) was an American geologist .
William Haxby was born in Minneapolis and studied geophysics at the University of Minnesota , Cornell and Oxford .
Haxby created the first map of the sea floor based on satellite measurements of the surface. His later works document the formation of icebergs off Greenland , which then drift into the Atlantic .
Works
- Studies of the state of stress, mechanical behavior, and density structure of the lithosphere. Thesis (Ph. D.) Cornell University , 1978, OCLC 707690616 .
- Gravity Field of the Worlds Oceans a Portrayal of Gridded Geophysical Data Derived from Seasat Radar Altimeter Measurement 87-Mgg04. Data Marketing, 1987, OCLC 18991838 .
Web links
- Literature by and about William F. Haxby in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary in the New York Times (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haxby, William F. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haxby, William Fulton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Minneapolis , Minnesota |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 4, 2006 |
| Place of death | Westwood , New Jersey |