Walter H. Bucher Medal
The Walter H. Bucher Medal is an annual award to one honoree from the American Geophysical Union (AGU) for "for original contributions to the basic knowledge of the crust and lithosphere."[1][2]
The inaugural Bucher Medal was awarded in 1968 to
J. Tuzo Wilson.[3] From 1975 to 1995 and from 1996 to 2018 the medal was awarded every two years.[4] The medal was established in 1966 (the year after Walter H. Bucher's death).[5]
The medal is named after
tectonic processes and the resulting manifestations in the Earth's crust.[6]
Medallists
- 1968 – John Tuzo Wilson
- 1969 – James Gilluly
- 1970 – David T. Griggs
- 1971 – Robert S. Dietz
- 1972 – W. Jason Morgan
- 1974 – Maurice Ewing
- 1975 – Lynn Sykes
- 1977 – Bruce C. Heezen
- 1979 – Edward Irving
- 1981 – Jack E. Oliver
- 1983 – John W. Handin
- 1985 – John G. Sclater
- 1987 – William F. Brace
- 1989 – Arthur H. Lachenbruch
- 1991 – Seiya Uyeda
- 1993 – Aleksey N. Khramov
- 1995 – Patrick Hurley
- 1996 – Hiroo Kanamori
- 1998 – Norman H. Sleep
- 2000 – James H. Dieterich
- 2002 – Stuart Ross Taylor
- 2004 – Mervyn S. Paterson
- 2006 – E. Bruce Watson
- 2008 – Mark Zoback
- 2010 – Paul F. Hoffman
- 2012 – James Rice
- 2014 – Bryan Isacks
- 2016 – Samuel A. Bowring
- 2018 – Philip C. England
- 2019 – Leigh Royden
- 2020 – Susan L. Beck
- 2021 – Mark Harrison
- 2022 – Seth Stein
- 2023 – Chris Hawkesworth
References
- ^ a b "Walter H. Bucher Medal, Information on the Bucher Medal". AGU.
- ^ "Walter H. Bucher Medal". American Institute of Physics (AIP) Niels Bohr Library & Archives. (For many years the medal was awarded every two years.)
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- ^ "Walter H. Bucher Medal, Past Recipients". AGU - American Geophysical Union.
- ^ "Bucher Medal (as of 2011)" (PDF). AGU. 2011.
- ^ Bradley, W. H. (1969). Walter Hermann Bucher 1888–1965 (PDF). National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoirs. Washington, D.C.
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