When1: 1921
When2: 1937
Who: Felix A. Vening Meinesz [Meinesz, Felix A. Vening]
What: geologist
Where: Netherlands
works\ Meinesz pendulum
Detail: He lived 1887 to 1966 and studied gravity. Strong negative isostatic anomalies {Meinesz belts} parallel deep-sea trenches [1921 to 1937]. Downbuckling results from compression between large, rigid crustal blocks.
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