Robert John Pankhurst is a

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who has contributed to the study of the

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and

plate tectonics Plate tectonics (, ) is the scientific theory that the Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving since 3–4 billion years ago. The model builds on the concept of , an idea developed durin ...

of Antarctica and

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. He has been a member of the Chilean Academy of Science since 2004. and th
National Academy of Sciences of Argentina
since 2005. Robert (Bob) Pankhurst has authored or co-authored of hundreds scientific papers since 1970 and is a Visiting Research Associate at the

British Geological Survey The British Geological Survey (BGS) is a partly publicly funded body which aims to advance Earth science, geoscientific knowledge of the United Kingdom landmass and its continental shelf by means of systematic surveying, monitoring and research. ...

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21st-century British geologists Tectonicists Living people Members of the Chilean Academy of Sciences Alumni of the University of Oxford 1945 births {{UK-geologist-stub

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