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H. W. Fairbairn

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Active since

1939

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology(Current)

Planetary Science Institute

H. W. Fairbairn is an author at Massachusetts Institute of Technology specializing in engineering, earth science, and geology.

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EngineeringGeologyEarth ScienceGeochronologyPetrologyGeochemistryTectonicsGeographyEarth SciencesEconomic Geology

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1939–1978

56

Publications

56

Test of Continental Drift by Comparison of Radiometric Ages

Patrick Hurley, John R Rand, W. H. Pinson et al. · Science · 1967 · 169 citations

Continental Drift, South America, Engineering +15

Radiogenic strontium-87 model of continent formation

Patrick Hurley, Hannah S.R. Hughes, Gunter Faure et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1962 · 163 citations

Synthetic Element, Radiogenic Strontium-87 Model, Geochemistry

Correlation of radiometric ages of Nipissing diabase and Huronian metasediments with Proterozoic orogenic events in Ontario

H. W. Fairbairn, Patrick Hurley, K. D. Card et al. · Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences · 1969 · 99 citations

Engineering, Precambrian Geology, Radiometric Ages +20

Liberian Age Province (about 2,700 m.y.)and Adjacent Provinces in Liberia and Sierra Leone

P. M. HURLEY, Gerhard W. Leo, R. W. White et al. · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1971 · 92 citations

Engineering, Geomorphology, Continental Tectonics +19

Geology and age of the Parguaza rapakivi granite, Venezuela

Henri E. Gaudette, Vicente T. Mendoza, Patrick Hurley et al. · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1978 · 83 citations

Volcanology, Engineering, Continental Tectonics +18

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