Section History
AGU formed in 1919 with seven original sections: Geodesy, Seismology, Meteorology, Terrestrial magnetism and electricity, Oceanography, Volcanology, and Geophysical chemistry. In April 1940 the Tectonophysics section was formed to, using the words from Norman Bowen, “designate this new borderline field between geophysics, physics and geology … for the solution of problems of tectonics.”
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