Research Project

France

Xavier Le Pichon

2002 Balzan Prize for Geology

One of the pioneers of the Plate Tectonics Theory and of the high resolution exploration of plate boundaries in the ocean depths with submersibles.

Excerpt from The Balzan Prizewinners’ Research Projects: An Overview 2020

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France

Xavier Le Pichon

2002 Balzan Prize for Geology

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