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Edward Sabine (Irish, 1788–1883) – measured oblateness of the Earth; established system of magnetic observatories Benjamin D. Santer (American, 1955– ) – climatologist Conrad Schlumberger (French, 1878–1936) – and Marcel Schlumberger (French, 1884–1953) – invented electric well logging Michael Schoenberg (American, 1939–2008) – contributions to seismic anisotropy Alessandro Serpieri (Italian, 1823–1885) – seismologist Nicholas Shackleton (British, 1937–2006) – paleoceanography, climate, Crafoord Prize, Vetlesen Prize Irwin I. Shapiro (American, 1929– ) – awarded William Bowie Medal Otto Schmidt (Russian, 1891–1956) Shen Kuo (Chinese, 1031–1095) – discovered magnetic declination Robert E. Sheriff (American, 1922–2014) – exploration geophysics; Maurice Ewing Medal (SEG) John Sherwood (British) – exploration geophysics; Maurice Ewing Medal (SEG) Eugene Merle Shoemaker (American, 1928–1997) – planetary science; awarded William Bowie Medal Paul G. Silver (American, 1948–2009) – seismic anisotropy and splitting of shear waves Fred Singer (Austrian-American, 1924–2020) – atmospheric physicist, global warming denier Susan Solomon (American, 1956– ) – proposed chlorofluorocarbons as the cause of the Antarctic ozone hole; awarded Nobel Peace Prize and William Bowie Medal David J. Stevenson (New Zealander/American, 1948– ) – theories of internal structure and evolution of planets Balfour Stewart (Scottish, 1828–1887) – observations of solar flares and geomagnetic storms Henry Stommel (American, 1920–1992) – ocean circulation; awarded William Bowie Medal David Strangway (Canadian, 1934–2016) – lunar geophysics; university administration; Maurice Ewing Medal (SEG) Carl Størmer (Norwegian, 1874–1957) – motion of charged particles in the magnetosphere and origin of the aurora Harald Sverdrup (Norwegian, 1888–1957) – ocean circulation; awarded William Bowie Medal

== T == Albert Tarantola (Spanish, 1949–2009) – geophysical inverse problems; Maurice Ewing Medal (SEG) Pierre Tardi (French, 1897–1972) – geodesist and geophysicist Marie Tharp (1920–2006) – American geologist and oceanographic cartographer who, in partnership with Bruce Heezen, created the first scientific map of the Atlantic Ocean floor. Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov (Russian, 1906–1993) – magnetotellurics method in geophysics Nafi Toksöz (Turkish-American, 1937– ) – exploration geophysics; Maurice Ewing Medal (SEG) Sven Treitel (American, 1929–2024) – exploration geophysicist; co-inventor of digital seismic signal processing; Maurice Ewing Medal (SEG) Merle Tuve (American, 1901–1982) – used radio waves to measure the ionosphere; United States Medal for Merit Donald L. Turcotte (American, 1932– ) – developed theory of convection in the Earth's mantle, applications of fractals and chaos to Earth processes; William Bowie Medal of the AGU

== V ==

James Van Allen (American, 1914–2006) – Van Allen radiation belts; awarded Crafoord Prize, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (for geophysics), National Medal of Science, William Bowie Medal Petr Vaníček (Czech Canadian, 1935– ) – breakthroughs in theory of spectral analysis and geoid computation, awarded J. Tuzo Wilson Medal, founded Canadian Geophysical Union T. Wayland Vaughan (American, 1870–1952) – study of corals and coral reefs, larger foraminifera, and oceanography Fred Vine (British, 1939– ) – work on marine magnetic anomalies confirmed the theory of seafloor spreading

== W == Kiyoo Wadati (Japanese, 1902–1995) – researched subduction zone earthquakes; lent name to Wadati–Benioff zone Alfred Wegener (German, 1880–1930) – developed theory of continental drift Frank T. M. White (Australian, 1909–1971) – mining and metallurgical engineer; mineral science educator Emil Johann Wiechert (German, 1861–1928) – first verifiable model of layered structure of the Earth; pioneering work on propagation of seismic waves J. Tuzo Wilson (Canadian, 1908–1993) – contributions to plate tectonics: theories of hotspots, transform faults and Wilson cycles; Vetlesen Prize; Maurice Ewing Medal (SEG); President of AGU; J. Lamar Worzel (American, 1919–2008) – contributions to underwater acoustics, underwater photography, and gravity measurements at sea Carl Wunsch (American, 1941– ) – ocean circulation, climatology; awarded the William Bowie Medal

== Z == Zhang Heng (Chinese, 78–139) – invented the first seismoscope

== See also ==

List of geodesists List of geologists List of physicists List of presidents of the American Geophysical Union

== References ==