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Frederick Vine

British geologist

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born: 1939
died: 2024
age at death: 85
known for: geologist, university teacher, geophysicist

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Frederick John Vine FRS was an English marine geologist and geophysicist. He made key contributions to the theory of plate tectonics, helping to show that the seafloor spreads from mid-ocean ridges with a symmetrical pattern of magnetic reversals in the basalt rocks on either side.

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