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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Motonori Matuyama canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
geophysicist
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human ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
Earth science
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solid Earth geophysics ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
development of the geomagnetic polarity timescale
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establishing the existence of long intervals of reversed geomagnetic polarity ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Matuyama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
geology
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geophysics ⓘ paleomagnetism ⓘ |
| givenName | Motonori NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonorificEponym |
Matuyama reversed chron
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Matuyama–Brunhes boundary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResearchArea |
Earth sciences
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geomagnetic polarity ⓘ magnetism of rocks ⓘ |
| influenced |
later research in geomagnetism
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later research in plate tectonics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
identification of a period of reversed geomagnetic polarity now called the Matuyama reversed chron
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pioneering work in paleomagnetism ⓘ research on geomagnetic field reversals ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| name | Motonori Matuyama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
Matuyama reversed chron
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geomagnetic polarity reversal ⓘ |
| notableWork | early 20th-century measurements of remanent magnetization in lava flows ⓘ |
| occupation |
scientist
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university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studied |
Earth’s magnetic field
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geomagnetic field reversals ⓘ magnetization of rocks ⓘ paleomagnetic polarity sequences ⓘ |
| workLocation | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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