Roland Doell | |
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Born | 1923 Oakland, California, U.S. |
Died | March 6, 2008 | (aged 84–85)
Alma mater | UC Berkeley |
Awards | Vetlesen Prize (1970) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Geophysics |
Institutions | U.S. Geological Survey University of Toronto and MIT |
Doctoral advisor | John 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.