Bruce C. Heezen

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geologist human oceanographer

Bruce C. Heezen was an American geologist and oceanographer renowned for his pioneering work in seafloor mapping and the discovery of extensive mid-ocean ridge systems.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bruce C. Heezen canonical	11
American oceanographer Bruce C. Heezen	1
Bruce Heezen	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geologist ⓘ human ⓘ oceanographer ⓘ
burialPlace	Vinton, Iowa ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Marie Tharp ⓘ
contributedTo	global bathymetric charts ⓘ physiographic diagrams of the ocean floor ⓘ
countryOfBirth	United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1924-04-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1977-06-21 ⓘ
diedWhile	on a research cruise ⓘ
educatedAt	Columbia University ⓘ University of Iowa ⓘ
employer	Columbia University ⓘ
familyName	Heezen ⓘ
fieldOfWork	marine geology ⓘ oceanography ⓘ plate tectonics ⓘ seafloor mapping ⓘ
givenName	Bruce ⓘ
hasAcademicAdvisor	Maurice Ewing ⓘ
hasNotableStudent	Kenneth Hsu ⓘ William Ryan ⓘ
honoredBy	Heezen Fault Zone ⓘ Heezen Glacier ⓘ Tharp-Heezen Seamounts in the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: Heezen Seamount
influenced	acceptance of seafloor spreading ⓘ development of plate tectonics theory ⓘ
knownFor	World Ocean Floor map ⓘ surface form: Heezen–Tharp physiographic maps of the ocean floor
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	heart attack ⓘ
name	Bruce C. Heezen self-link ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableFor	discovery and documentation of mid-ocean ridge systems ⓘ early evidence supporting plate tectonics theory ⓘ pioneering work in mapping the seafloor ⓘ
occupation	geologist ⓘ oceanographer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Vinton, Iowa ⓘ
placeOfDeath	near Reykjanes Ridge ⓘ
researchFocus	continental margins ⓘ global mid-ocean ridge system ⓘ morphology of the ocean floor ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workedAt	Lamont Geological Observatory ⓘ surface form: Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
workedOn	North Atlantic Ocean bathymetry ⓘ global mid-ocean ridge mapping ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mid-Atlantic Ridge → mappedBy → Bruce C. Heezen ⓘ

Marie Tharp → collaboratedWith → Bruce C. Heezen ⓘ

Bruce C. Heezen → name → Bruce C. Heezen self-link ⓘ

Lamont Geological Observatory → associatedWith → Bruce C. Heezen ⓘ

World Ocean Floor map → hasAuthor → Bruce C. Heezen ⓘ

Tharp-Heezen Seamounts in the Atlantic Ocean → namedAfter → Bruce C. Heezen ⓘ

subject surface form: Tharp-Heezen Seamounts

Tharp-Heezen Seamounts in the Atlantic Ocean → honors → Bruce C. Heezen ⓘ

subject surface form: Tharp-Heezen Seamounts

Heezen Glacier → namedAfter → Bruce C. Heezen ⓘ

Heezen Glacier → hasAssociatedPerson → Bruce C. Heezen ⓘ

Heezen → notableBearer → Bruce C. Heezen ⓘ

Maurice Ewing → notableStudent → Bruce C. Heezen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bruce Heezen

Heezen Fault Zone → namedAfter → Bruce C. Heezen ⓘ

Heezen Fault Zone → hasNameOrigin → Bruce C. Heezen ⓘ

this entity surface form: American oceanographer Bruce C. Heezen