Richard Doell

Roland Doell
Born1923 (1923)
DiedMarch 6, 2008(2008-03-06) (aged 84–85)
Alma materUC Berkeley
AwardsVetlesen Prize (1970)
Scientific career
FieldsGeophysics
InstitutionsU.S. Geological Survey
University of Toronto and MIT
Doctoral advisorJohn Verhoogen

Richard Doell (1923 – March 6, 2008) was an American geophysicist, known for developing the time scale for geomagnetic reversals with Allan V. Cox and Brent Dalrymple. This work was a major step in the development of plate tectonics. Doell shared the Vetlesen Prize with Cox and Dalrymple.