Motonori Matuyama

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Motonori Matuyama was a Japanese geophysicist and geologist renowned for his pioneering work on geomagnetic field reversals and paleomagnetism.

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instanceOf geophysicist
human
academicDiscipline Earth science
solid Earth geophysics
contributedTo development of the geomagnetic polarity timescale
establishing the existence of long intervals of reversed geomagnetic polarity
countryOfCitizenship Japan
era 20th century
familyName Matuyama NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork geology
geophysics
paleomagnetism
givenName Motonori NERFINISHED
hasHonorificEponym Matuyama reversed chron
Matuyama–Brunhes boundary NERFINISHED
hasResearchArea Earth sciences
geomagnetic polarity
magnetism of rocks
influenced later research in geomagnetism
later research in plate tectonics
knownFor identification of a period of reversed geomagnetic polarity now called the Matuyama reversed chron
pioneering work in paleomagnetism
research on geomagnetic field reversals
languageOfWorkOrName Japanese
name Motonori Matuyama NERFINISHED
nationality Japanese
notableConcept Matuyama reversed chron
geomagnetic polarity reversal
notableWork early 20th-century measurements of remanent magnetization in lava flows
occupation scientist
university professor
placeOfBirth Japan NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
studied Earth’s magnetic field
geomagnetic field reversals
magnetization of rocks
paleomagnetic polarity sequences
workLocation Japan NERFINISHED

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