Memorial to Warren B. Hamilton, 1925-2018

• Main Authors: Hamilton, Lawrence C., Foulger, Gillian R, Hamilton, Sarah R, Howard, Keith A, Stein, Seth A
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository 2019
• Subjects: geology; plate tectonics; subduction; mantle plumes; Venus; Mars; Moon; Geophysics and Seismology; Tectonics and Structure; Volcanology; Transantarctic Mountains; Blythe; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://scholars.unh.edu/soc_facpub/616; http://www.geosociety.org/documents/gsa/memorials/v48/Hamilton-WB.pdf

Warren B. Hamilton (1925-2018) was a widely traveled U.S. geologist whose work integrated observational geology and geophysics into planetary-scale syntheses. Hamilton’s early-career insights, before the advent of plate tectonics, include recognizing the need for continental mobility to explain the...