Famous and Notable earth Scientists

Question 1

Proposed Neptunism origin of rocks and ore deposits

Answer 1

Abraham Werner (1749-1817)

Question 2

Named the divisions of Pangaea into Laurasia and Gondwanaland

Answer 2

Alexander du Toit ( 1878-1948)

Question 3

Proposed the model for the Earth’s Homogenous Accretion

Answer 3

Alfred Edward Ringwood ( 1930-1993)

Question 4

Developed the bivariate Harker diagrams in 1909 for discriminating silicates with major minor oxide compounds

Answer 4

Alfred Harker (1859-1939)

Question 5

Along with Arthur Holmes, developed the Continental Drift Theory

Answer 5

Alfred Wegener

Question 6

identified the Mohorovicic Discontinuity between the crust and mantle

Answer 6

Andrija Mohorovicic