William Ryan
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William Ryan is a marine geologist and oceanographer known for his influential work on seafloor spreading and the geological history of the Black Sea, including the "Noah's Flood" hypothesis.
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| instanceOf |
marine geologist
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oceanographer → scientist → |
| affiliation |
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
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| authorOf |
Noah's Flood: The New Scientific Discoveries About The Event That Changed History
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| educatedAt |
Columbia University
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| employer |
Columbia University
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Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory → |
| fieldOfWork |
marine geology
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marine geophysics → oceanography → paleoclimatology → |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
Earth sciences
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geology → geophysics → |
| hasCollaborator |
Walter C. Pitman
NERFINISHED
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Walter Pitman III → colleagues at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory → |
| hasMethod |
analysis of sediment cores
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bathymetric mapping → marine seismic reflection profiling → stratigraphic interpretation → |
| hasNotableIdea |
Noah's Flood hypothesis for the Black Sea
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link between Black Sea flooding and Near Eastern flood traditions → |
| hasResearchInterest |
Black Sea paleoenvironment
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Quaternary geology → continental margins → plate tectonics → sea-level change → submarine sedimentation → |
| influenced |
debates on the historicity of flood myths
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research on Black Sea level changes → |
| knownFor |
Noah's Flood hypothesis
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hypothesis of a catastrophic flooding of the Black Sea basin → research on seafloor spreading → research on the geological history of the Black Sea → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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| notableWork |
Noah's Flood: The New Scientific Discoveries About The Event That Changed History
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| occupation |
research scientist
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university lecturer → |
| proposed |
Holocene catastrophic flooding of the Black Sea
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rapid reconnection of the Mediterranean Sea to the Black Sea through the Bosporus → |
| studies |
Black Sea basin
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Mediterranean Sea geology → continental shelf processes → marine sediment cores → |
| workLocation |
New York
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Referenced by (1)
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Bruce C. Heezen
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hasNotableStudent |