Emile Argand Born: 6-Jan-1879 Birthplace: Geneva, Switzerland Died: 14-Sep-1940 Location of death: Neuchâtel, Switzerland Cause of death: Natural Causes
Gender: Male Religion: Christian Race or Ethnicity: White Occupation: Geologist Nationality: Switzerland Executive summary: Theory of embryotectonics Swiss geologist Emile Argand developed the theory of embryotectonics, the idea that prehistoric ridges and valleys guide the growth of fold mountains. A specialist in tectonics (the study of how mountains form), he was among the first to understand nappes (rocks sheets that are pressed to move sideways), explaining the complex structure of the Pennine and Western Alps. He coined the term "mobilism" to describe continental drift, the concept that present-day continents are fragments of a larger supercontinent from eons ago. His parents divorced when he was a young boy, and Argand never married. Father: Gédéon-Louis (clerk) Mother: Franceline Jeannette Taberlet (div. 1887)
University: BS, Lausanne University (1902) Medical School: Lausanne University (attended, 1902-04) Professor: Geology, University of Neuchâtel (1911-40)
Spendiarov Prize 1913
Marcel Benoist Prize 1926
Swiss Geological Society
Author of books:
L'exploration Geologique Alpes Pennines Centrales (Geological Exploration of the Central Pennine Alps) (1909) Sur l'arc des Alpes occidentales (On the Arc of Western Alps) (1916) La tectonique de l'Asie (Tectonics of Asia) (1924)
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