
Richard Dixon Oldham
'Richard Dixon Oldham' (
July 31,
1858 –
July 15,
1936) was an
Irish geologist who, in 1906, argued that the
Earth must have a molten interior as
S waves were not able to travel as quickly through
liquids nor through the Earth's interior as through less dense matter.
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References
1. The Hutchinson Factfinder, , , , Helicon, 1999,
See also
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Lehmann, Inge
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seismology
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geology