• Source: Vetlesen Prize

The Vetlesen Prize is a prize in geology awarded jointly by Columbia University's Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory and the G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation. The prize is generally regarded as the highest distinction in geologic studies, and the "Nobel Prize for geology".




Background


The Vetlesen Prize has been described as an attempt to establish an equivalent of a Nobel Prize for geophysics or geology. The prize is awarded for scientific achievement resulting in a clearer understanding of the Earth, its history, or its relations to the universe. The prize was established in 1959 and is awarded on average once every two years, if the jury selects at least one worthy candidate during this period.




History


G. Unger Vetlesen established the foundation which bears his name shortly before his death in 1955. In addition to the Vetlesen Prize, the foundation provides support in the Earth sciences for institutions of excellence. The prize is awarded for scientific achievement resulting in a clearer understanding of the Earth, its history, or its relations to the universe. The prize is awarded on average once every two years, if the jury selects at least one worthy candidate during this period.




Past recipients


Source:

2023 - David L. Kohlstedt, USA
2020 - Anny Cazenave, France
2017 - Mark Cane, USA ; S. George Philander, USA
2015 - Robert Stephen John Sparks, United Kingdom
2012 - Susan Solomon, USA; Jean Jouzel, France
2008 - Walter Alvarez, USA
2004 - Sir Nicholas Shackleton, United Kingdom : W. Richard Peltier, Canada
2000 - W. Jason Morgan, USA ; Walter C. Pitman III, USA ; Lynn R. Sykes, USA
1996 - Robert E. Dickinson, USA ; John Imbrie, USA
1993 - Walter Munk, USA
1987 - Wallace S. Broecker, USA ; Harmon Craig, USA
1981 - Marion King Hubbert, USA
1978 - J. Tuzo Wilson, Canada
1974 - Chaim Leib Pekeris, Israel
1973 - William A. Fowler, USA
1970 - Allan V. Cox, USA
1970 - Richard R. Doell, USA ; S. Keith Runcorn, United Kingdom
1968 - Francis Birch, USA ; Sir Edward Bullard, United Kingdom
1966 - Jan Hendrik Oort, Netherlands
1964 - Pentti Eskola, Finland
1964 - Arthur Holmes, United Kingdom
1962 - Sir Harold Jeffreys, United Kingdom
1962 - Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, Netherlands
1960 - W. Maurice Ewing, USA




See also


List of geology awards
List of geophysics awards




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Harold Jeffreys
• William A. Fowler
• Jan Hendrik Oort
• Felix Andries Vening Meinesz
• Vetlesen Prize
• List of geophysicists
• Maurice Ewing
• Vetlesen
• Wallace Smith Broecker
• Walter Alvarez
• Allan V. Cox
• List of Columbia University people
• Arthur Holmes
• Harold Jeffreys