Biography
Lists
Also Viewed
The basics
Quick Facts
| was | Scientist Geologist Earth scientist | |||||||||
| Work field | Science | |||||||||
| Gender |
| |||||||||
| Birth | 1930 | |||||||||
| Death | 2016 (aged 86 years) | |||||||||
| Education |
|
The details
Biography
Richard P. Von Herzen (1930–2016) was an Earth scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution who pioneered studies of heat flowing from the seafloor. He won the 1998 Maurice Ewing Medal.