Hans Ramberg (15 March 1917 – 7 June 1998) was a Norwegian- Swedish

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. The mineral

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was named after him. He was a pioneer in tectonic modelling with a centrifuge.

Biography

He received his Ph.D from the

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in 1946. He subsequently worked at the

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(1948–1961) and at the Geophysical Laboratory of the

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(1952–1955) at the Universidade Federal de

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(1960–1961) and for the rest of his career at the

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(1961–1982), where he established the Hans Ramberg Laboratory. Together with his assistants and students, he simulated a variety of tectonic models with the centrifuge, which are summarized in his second book: ''Gravity; deformation and the Earth's crust'.'' Until the end of his career, he was focused on explored the potential of numerical modelling in combination with analogue modelling.

Awards

In 1967, he was elected a member of the

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. He was awarded by the Royal Society of Sciences at Uppsala for the Celsius Gold Medal (''Celsiusmedaljen i guld'') in 1969, by the

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the

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in 1972 and for the Grand Prize from the Royal Academy for Natural Sciences in Sweden 1973. He received the Arthur L. Day Medal from the GSA in 1976 as well as the Arthur Holmes Medal awarded by the EGU in 1983. He was awarded the Björkén Prize (''Björkénska priset'') at Uppsala University in 1980.

References

1917 births 1998 deaths 20th-century Norwegian geologists 20th-century Swedish geologists University of Oslo alumni University of Chicago faculty Academic staff of Uppsala University Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Wollaston Medal winners Norwegian emigrants to Sweden Norwegian expatriates in the United States {{Norway-academic-bio-stub