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- John_Tuzo_Wilson abstract "John Tuzo Wilson, CC, OBE, FRS, FRSC, FRSE (October 24, 1908 – April 15, 1993) was a Canadian geophysicist and geologist who achieved worldwide acclaim for his contributions to the theory of plate tectonics.Plate tectonics is the idea that the rigid outer layers of the Earth (crust and part of the upper mantle), the lithosphere, are broken up into numerous pieces or \"plates\" that move independently over the weaker asthenosphere. Wilson maintained that the Hawaiian Islands were created as a tectonic plate (extending across much of the Pacific Ocean) which shifted to the northwest over a fixed hotspot, spawning a long series of volcanoes. He also conceived of the transform fault, a major plate boundary where two plates move past each other horizontally (e.g., the San Andreas Fault). His name was given to two young Canadian submarine volcanoes called the Tuzo Wilson Seamounts. The Wilson cycle of seabed expansion and contraction (also called the Supercontinent cycle) bears his name.".
- John_Tuzo_Wilson almaMater Princeton_University.
- John_Tuzo_Wilson almaMater St_Johns_College,_Cambridge.
- John_Tuzo_Wilson almaMater University_of_Toronto.
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- John_Tuzo_Wilson award Geological_Society_of_America.
- John_Tuzo_Wilson award Geological_Society_of_London.
- John_Tuzo_Wilson award John_J._Carty_Award_for_the_Advancement_of_Science.
- John_Tuzo_Wilson award Legion_of_Merit.
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- John_Tuzo_Wilson award Order_of_Canada.
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- John_Tuzo_Wilson award Vetlesen_Prize.
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- John_Tuzo_Wilson birthDate "1908-10-24".
- John_Tuzo_Wilson birthPlace Ontario.
- John_Tuzo_Wilson birthPlace Ottawa.
- John_Tuzo_Wilson deathDate "1993-04-15".
- John_Tuzo_Wilson deathPlace Ontario.
- John_Tuzo_Wilson deathPlace Toronto.
- John_Tuzo_Wilson doctoralAdvisor Harry_Hammond_Hess.
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