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George Plafker is an American geologist and seismologist who has made significant contributions to both fields, with research focused on subduction, tsunami, and the geology of Alaska. Following prolonged study of the region of the 1964 Alaska earthquake, Plafker correctly concluded that the largest earthquakes are the result of fault slip at convergent boundaries. This was at a time when the theory of plate tectonics was still not completely accepted by the scientific community. Additional studies were done in Chile in the late 1960s regarding the series of earthquakes there.

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  • George Plafker is an American geologist and seismologist who has made significant contributions to both fields, with research focused on subduction, tsunami, and the geology of Alaska. Following prolonged study of the region of the 1964 Alaska earthquake, Plafker correctly concluded that the largest earthquakes are the result of fault slip at convergent boundaries. This was at a time when the theory of plate tectonics was still not completely accepted by the scientific community. Additional studies were done in Chile in the late 1960s regarding the series of earthquakes there. (en)
  • George Plafker, né le 29 mars 1929 est un géologue et sismologue américain qui apporte d'importantes contributions aux deux domaines, avec des recherches axées sur la subduction, le tsunami et la géologie de l'Alaska. (fr)
  • George Plafker (* 6. März 1929 in ) ist ein US-amerikanischer Geologe und Geophysiker. Plafker studierte am Brooklyn College mit dem Bachelorabschluss 1949 und an der University of California, Berkeley mit dem Masterabschluss 1956 und wurde 1972 an der Stanford University in Geologie und Geophysik promoviert. Dazwischen war er 1949/50 Ingenieurgeologe für das US Corps of Engineers im Distrikt Sacramento und von 1951 bis 1956 beim US Geological Survey (USGS) zunächst in der Abteilung Militärgeologie und ab 1952 in der Abteilung Alaska (Hauptquartier war wie für den ganzen westlichen Bezirk damals in Menlo Park). Von 1956 bis 1962 war er Erdölgeologe für Standard Oil of California unter anderem in Bolivien und Guatemala. Von 1962 bis zu seiner Pensionierung 1995 war er Forschungsgeologe beim (de)
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