Paul Tapponnier
| birth_place = Annecy, France | death_date = | death_place = Beijing, China | alma_mater = École des Mines de ParisMassachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Montpellier | occupation = Geologist }}
Paul Tapponnier (6 January 1947 – 24 December 2023) was a French geologist, specializing in plate tectonics and crustal deformation. Provided by Wikipedia