John Tuzo Wilson by https://padlet.com/saraheastvidal/JohnTuzo Sarah East Vidal 2n C en-us 2016-09-19 15:51:56 UTC 2024-06-07 10:54:54 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Planets.png When and where was John Tuzo born saraheastvidal https://padlet.com/saraheastvidal/JohnTuzo/wish/124802841 He was born on October 24, 1908 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.]]> 2016-09-19 16:03:17 UTC https://padlet.com/saraheastvidal/JohnTuzo/wish/124802841 When and wher did he die? saraheastvidal https://padlet.com/saraheastvidal/JohnTuzo/wish/124806040 He died on April 15, 1993 (age 83) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada]]> 2016-09-19 16:11:16 UTC https://padlet.com/saraheastvidal/JohnTuzo/wish/124806040 Relevant facts in his life. saraheastvidal https://padlet.com/saraheastvidal/JohnTuzo/wish/124807148 He was the president of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics.

]]> 2016-09-19 16:14:17 UTC https://padlet.com/saraheastvidal/JohnTuzo/wish/124807148 Why is he important for geology and space knoledge? saraheastvidal https://padlet.com/saraheastvidal/JohnTuzo/wish/124808287 Because he  achieved worldwide acclaim for his contributions to the theory of plate tectonics. 
Plate tectonics is the idea that the rigid outer layers of the Earth, the lithosphere, are broken up into numerous pieces or  that move independently over the weaker asthsenosfphere .]]> 2016-09-19 16:17:07 UTC https://padlet.com/saraheastvidal/JohnTuzo/wish/124808287 Relevant facts in his life. saraheastvidal https://padlet.com/saraheastvidal/JohnTuzo/wish/124810219  Wilson was an avid traveler and took a large number of photographs during his travels to many destinations, including European countries, parts of the then USSR, China, the southern Pacific, Africa, and to both polar regions.]]> 2016-09-19 16:21:34 UTC https://padlet.com/saraheastvidal/JohnTuzo/wish/124810219 saraheastvidal https://padlet.com/saraheastvidal/JohnTuzo/wish/124812506 2016-09-19 16:27:26 UTC https://padlet.com/saraheastvidal/JohnTuzo/wish/124812506