The Inge Lehmann Medal is given out by the
American Geophysical Union
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to recognize "outstanding contributions to the understanding of the structure, composition, and dynamics of the
Earth's mantle
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and
core
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". The award was created in 1995 and named after seismologist
Inge Lehmann
Inge Lehmann (13 May 1888 – 21 February 1993) was a Danish seismologist and geophysicist. In 1936, she discovered that the Earth has a solid inner core inside a molten outer core. Before that, seismologists believed Earth's core to be a sin ...
who discovered Earth's
inner core
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There are no samples of Earth's core accessible for d ...
.
Past recipients
Source
American Geophysical Union* 1997
Donald Helmberger
* 2000
Richard J. O'Connell
* 2001
John H. Woodhouse
* 2003
Francis Anthony Dahlen
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* 2005
Thomas H. Jordan
* 2007
Ho-Kwang (Dave) Mao
* 2009
Barbara A. Romanowicz
* 2011
Donald Weidner
* 2013
Bradford H. Hager
* 2014
Thorne Lay
* 2015
Peter Olson
* 2016
Shun-ichiro Karato
* 2017
Brian Kennett
* 2018 Yoshio Fukao
* 2019 Ulrich R. Christensen
* 2020 Peter Shearer
See also
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List of geophysicists
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List of geophysics awards
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References
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American Geophysical Union awards
Awards established in 1997