Emil Ernst August Tietze (15 June 1845, Breslau – 4 March 1931,

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) was an Austrian

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. He received his education at the Universities of Breslau and

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. Afterwards, he joined the Geological Survey of Austria (1870), an agency that Tietze would be associated with until his retirement in 1918. In 1902 he became its director.Edinburgh Geological Society
Assynt The geologists’ Mecca by P M Dryburgh, S M Ross and C L Thompson Primarily known for his geological surveys of Eastern Europe (the

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, Galicia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and

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), he also conducted important research involving the

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and

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in the Elburz Mountains of

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. Tietze was interested in the processes of

erosion Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as Surface runoff, water flow or wind) that removes soil, Rock (geology), rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust#Crust, Earth's crust and then sediment transport, tran ...

that were responsible for modern-day land formations, in particular

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. Tietze's wife, Rosa von Hauer, was the daughter of another notable Austrian geologist, Franz Ritter von Hauer. Their son, Heinrich Franz Friedrich Tietze, became a mathematician.

Published works

* ''Ueber die devonischen Schichten von Ebersdorf unweit Neurode in der grafschaft Glatz'', 1870 - On the

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strata of Ebersdorf near Neurode in the county of Glatz. * ''Beiträge zur geologie persiens: Gesammelte schriften'', 1877 - Contribution to the geology of Persia, collected writings. * ''Geologische Übersichtskarte von Bosnien-Hercegovina'', 1880 - Geological map of Bosnia-Hercegovina. * ''Grundlinien der Geologie von Bosnien-Hercegovina'', 1880 - Baseline geology of Bosnia-Hercegovina. * ''Beiträge zur Geologie von Galizien'', 1883 - Contribution to the geology of Galicia. * ''Geologische Uebersicht on Montenegro'', 1884 - Geological overview of Montenegro. * ''Eine Reise nach dem Ural'', 1898 - A journey to the Ural Mountains. * ''Franz v. Hauer: sein Lebensgang und seine wissenschaftliche Thätigkeit ; ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der österreichischen Geologie'', 1900 - Franz von Hauer, his life's work and scientific activity.Google Search
(publications)

References

1845 births 1931 deaths University of Tübingen alumni University of Breslau alumni Scientists from Wrocław 19th-century Austrian geologists Scientists from the Province of Silesia Geologists from Austria-Hungary 20th-century Austrian geologists {{Geologist-stub