Jack Oliver (scientist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJack Oliver (scientist)
American scientist
Date of Birth: 26-Sep-1923
Place of Birth: Massillon, Ohio, United States
Date of Death: 05-Jan-2011
Profession: geologist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Jack Oliver (scientist)
- John "Jack" Ertle Oliver (September 26, 1923 – January 5, 2011) was an American scientist.
- Oliver, who earned his PhD at Columbia University in 1953, studied earthquakes and ultimately provided seismic evidence supporting plate tectonics.
- In the 1960s, Oliver and his former graduate student, Bryan Isacks, set up seismographic stations in the South Pacific to record earthquake activity, and the data collected led to the insight that part of the ocean floor was being pushed downward.
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