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Otto Ampferer | |
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 Otto Ampferer, c. 1900 | |
| Born | 1 December 1875 in Hötting near Innsbruck |
| Died | 9 July 1947 |
Otto Ampferer (1 December 1875 in Hötting near Innsbruck – 9 July 1947) was an Austrian alpinist and geologist.[1] To explain the complex processes of Orogeny, he developed his "theory of undercurrent" with the idea of a partially plastic deep Earth's crust (asthenosphere). He became – even before Alfred Wegener – the pioneer of the modern view of continental drift.[2][3]
- ^ Kalliope Verbund: Ampferer, Otto (1875-1947)
- ^ Helmut W. Flügel: Die virtuelle Welt des Otto Ampferer und die Realität seiner Zeit. In: Geo. Alp., Vol. 1, 2004.
- ^ Wolf-Christian Dullo, Fritz A. Pfaffl: The theory of undercurrent from the Austrian alpine geologist Otto Ampferer (1875–1947): first conceptual ideas on the way to plate tectonics. In: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 28 March 2019.