Rudolf Hoernes
Geologist, Academic
1850 – 1912
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Who was Rudolf Hoernes?
Rudolf Hoernes was an Austrian geologist, born in Vienna. He studied under Eduard Suess and became a Professor of geology in Graz. He was known for his earthquake studies in 1878 and proposed a classification of earthquakes into subsidence earthquakes, volcanic earthquakes and tectonic earthquakes. In 1893 he published a detailed textbook on earthquake theory from a geological point of view.
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