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Hiroo Kanamori
Japanese seismologist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hiroo Kanamori (金森 博雄, Kanamori Hiroo, born October 17, 1936) is a Japanese-American seismologist who has made fundamental contributions to understanding the physics of earthquakes and the tectonic processes that cause them.
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Hiroo Kanamori | |
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金森 博雄 | |
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Born | (1936-10-17) October 17, 1936 (age 87) |
Alma mater | Tokyo University (M. S., 1961; Ph.D., 1964) |
Known for | Moment magnitude scale |
Awards | Kyoto Prize (2007) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Geophysics |
Institutions | Research Associate, Geophysics Institute, Tokyo University, 1962–65 Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 1965–66 Professor, Earthquake Research Institute, Tokyo University, 1966–72 Professor, California Institute of Technology, 1972-05 |
Doctoral students | Seth Stein |
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