Rudolf Hoernes | |
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Born |
Vienna |
7 October 1850
Died | 20 August 1912 Judendorf-Straßengel (Styria) |
(aged 61)
Nationality | Austria |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Geology |
Rudolf Hoernes (7 October 1850 – 20 August 1912) 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 (Erdbebenkunde) from a geological point of view.