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Eduard Suess (German: [ˈeːduaʁt zyːs]; 20 August 1831 – 26 April 1914) was an Austrian geologist and an expert on the geography of the Alps. He is responsible for hypothesising two major former geographical features, the supercontinent Gondwana (proposed in 1861) and the Tethys Ocean .
Eduard Suess was an Austrian geologist who helped lay the basis for paleogeography and tectonics—i.e., the study of the architecture and evolution of the Earth’s outer rocky shell. While an assistant in the Hofmuseum (now the Natural History Museum) in Vienna from 1852 to 1856, Suess published.
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May 21, 2018 · Suess, Eduard (1831–1914) Professor of geology in Vienna, Suess published his important work on structural geology, Das Antlitz der Erde (‘Face of the Earth’), between 1833 and 1909. He studied mountain building, especially the Alps which he believed to have been formed in a geosyncline , which he named Tethys .
Sep 27, 2021 · Eduard Suess was a visionary geologist who founded modern global geology and wrote Das Antlitz der Erde, a masterpiece of tectonics. He also contributed to public health, education and science in Austria and was the first honorary president of the Geologische Vereinigung in 1910.
- A. M. Celal Sengör, Wolf-Christian Dullo
- 2021
Suess is credited for generating many of the concepts that led to the theory of plate tectonics and paleogeography. Though The Faces of the Earth did not include much original work, Seuss demonstrated a great ability to synthesize work into the bigger picture.
Dec 30, 2018 · A tribute to Eduard Suess, the greatest geologist who ever lived, who synthesized global geology based on field observations and comparisons. Learn how he developed the theory of contraction, the concept of eustasy and the biosphere, and challenged the uniformitarian principle.
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(1831–1914) Professor of geology in Vienna, Suess published his important work on structural geology, Das Antlitz der Erde (‘Face of the Earth’), between 1833 and 1909. He studied mountain building, especially the Alps which he believed to have been formed in a geosyncline, which he named Tethys.
