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Call Number: SC0349
Creator:
Van Andel, Tjeerd H. (Tjeerd Hendrik), 1923-.
Title: Tjeerd H. van Andel papers
Dates: 1950-2006
Physical Description:
21.5 Linear feet (20 boxes)
Summary: The collection includes correspondence, research, publication and committee files, with some photographs.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
The papers were given to Stanford University by Tjeerd H. van Andel in 1988 and 2009.
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 48 hours in advance of intended use.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], Tjeerd H. van Andel Papers (SC0349). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Born in the Netherlands, Tjeerd H. van Andel came to the United States in 1957. He taught at Scripps Institute of Oceanography
and Oregon State before coming to Stanford in 1976. He was an authority on the geology of ocean floors and mid-ocean ridges,
with an interest in the prehistory of landscape and civilization which has led to work on climatic change and its economic
ramifications. He was a co-leader of Project FAMOUS (French American Mid-Ocean Undersea Study), data from which led directly
to the confirmation of plate tectonic theory. Van Andel died in 2010.
The collection includes correspondence, research, publication and committee files, with some photographs.
FAMOUS (French American Mid-Ocean Undersea Study).
Stanford University. Department of Geology. Faculty.
Van Andel, Tjeerd H. (Tjeerd Hendrik), 1923-.
Archaeology
Galapagos Rift
Geology.
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Oceanography
Plate tectonics
Sea floor spreading