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Xavier Le Pichon

French geophysicist

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born: 1937
died: 2025
age at death: 87
known for: geologist, university teacher, professor

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Xavier Le Pichon was a French geophysicist. Among many other contributions, he was known for his comprehensive model of plate tectonics (1968), helping create the field of plate tectonics. In 1968, he combined the kinematic ideas of W. J. Morgan, D. McKenzie and R. L. Parker with the large data sets collected by Lamont, and especially with the respective magnetic profiles, show that Plate Tectonics could accurately describe the evolution of the major ocean basins.

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