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Alvarez, Walter |
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University of California, Berkeley |
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Geology |
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From his landmark study of the magnetostratigraphy of deep sea deposits near Gubbio, Italy, and his deep knowledge of geology, Alvarez led a team at Berkeley, California, to the discovery of impacts of interplanetary bodies with the Earth as a probably cause of mass extinctions of species. |
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Research Interests
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Not available |
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