Walter Alvarez

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geologist human paleontologist university professor

Walter Alvarez is an American geologist best known for proposing the asteroid impact theory that explains the mass extinction event which wiped out the dinosaurs.

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instanceOf geologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
paleontologist ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
authorOf A Most Improbable Journey: A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves ⓘ
T. rex and the Crater of Doom ⓘ
awardReceived Penrose Medal ⓘ
Vetlesen Prize ⓘ
collaboratedWith Luis Alvarez ⓘ
surface form: Luis Walter Alvarez
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1940-10-03 ⓘ
educatedAt Carleton College ⓘ
Princeton University ⓘ
employer University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
familyName Alvarez ⓘ
father Luis Alvarez ⓘ
surface form: Luis Walter Alvarez
fieldOfWork geology ⓘ
impact cratering ⓘ
paleontology ⓘ
planetary science ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ
givenName Walter ⓘ
hasPublication A Most Improbable Journey: A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves ⓘ
T. rex and the Crater of Doom ⓘ
hasRelative Luis Alvarez ⓘ
surface form: Luis Walter Alvarez
knownFor proposing that an asteroid impact caused the mass extinction at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary ⓘ
research on the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) boundary ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
name Walter Alvarez self-link ⓘ
notableIdea link between iridium-rich clay layer and extraterrestrial impact ⓘ
notableWork asteroid impact hypothesis for the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event ⓘ
occupation geologist ⓘ
professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Berkeley ⓘ
surface form: Berkeley, California, United States
positionHeld professor of geology at the University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
researchInterest Big History ⓘ
Earth history ⓘ
mass extinctions ⓘ
studied Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary ⓘ
surface form: Gubbio K–Pg boundary section in Italy

iridium anomaly at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary ⓘ
theoryProposed asteroid impact theory of dinosaur extinction ⓘ

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subject surface form: Álvarez
Walter Alvarez → name → Walter Alvarez self-link ⓘ