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This list of oceanographers is presented in English alphabetical transliteration order (by surnames This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Pages in category "American oceanographers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 222 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Matthew Fontaine Maury (January 14, 1806 – February 1, 1873) was an American oceanographer and naval officer, serving the United States and then joining the Confederacy during the American Civil War. He was nicknamed "Pathfinder of the Seas" and is considered a founder of modern oceanography. He wrote extensively on the subject, and his book ...
Curtis Ebbesmeyer. Ebbesmeyer with flotsam he uses to monitor ocean currents. Curtis Charles Ebbesmeyer (born April 24, 1943) is an American oceanographer based in Seattle, Washington. In retirement, he has studied the movement of flotsam to track ocean currents. He gained public attention by his reporting of studies of the movement and ...
Marine geology. Marine geology or geological oceanography is the study of the history and structure of the ocean floor. It involves geophysical, geochemical, sedimentological and paleontological investigations of the ocean floor and coastal zone. Marine geology has strong ties to geophysics and to physical oceanography.
Johannes Schmidt medal in 1946 for contributions to marine research and Navy oceanography during WWII. Other work. co-founding editor of the journal Deep-Sea Research, founding editor of the journal Progress in Oceanography. Mary Sears (July 18, 1905 – September 2, 1997) was a commander in the United States Naval Reserve and an oceanographer ...
President of the Scottish Natural History Society. Member of the Scottish Meteorological Society. Sir John Murray's grave, Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh. Sir John Murray KCB FRS FRSE FRSGS (3 March 1841 – 16 March 1914) was a pioneering Canadian-born British oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist. He is considered to be the father of ...
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