Maurice Ewing, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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geophysicist and oceanographer
Date of Birth: 12-May-1906
Place of Birth: Floyd County, Texas, United States
Date of Death: 04-May-1974
Profession: geologist, university teacher, oceanographer, seismologist, geophysicist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Maurice Ewing
- William Maurice "Doc" Ewing (May 12, 1906 – May 4, 1974) was an American geophysicist and oceanographer.Ewing has been described as a pioneering geophysicist who worked on the research of seismic reflection and refraction in ocean basins, ocean bottom photography, submarine sound transmission (including the SOFAR channel), deep sea coring of the ocean bottom, theory and observation of earthquake surface waves, fluidity of the Earth's core, generation and propagation of microseisms, submarine explosion seismology, marine gravity surveys, bathymetry and sedimentation, natural radioactivity of ocean waters and sediments, study of abyssal plains and submarine canyons.
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