List of Geophysicists - H

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• Edmond Halley (English, 1656–1742) – first chart of Earth's magnetic field
• Christopher Hansteen (Norwegian, 1784–1873) – produced the first charts of the intensity of the Earth's magnetic field
• Harry Hammond Hess (American, 1906–1969) – seafloor gravity anomalies and theory of seafloor spreading
• Georg Hartmann (German, 1489–1564) – kept early records of magnetic declination
• Zhang Heng (Chinese, 78–139) – invented the first seismoscope
• Arthur Holmes (British, 1890–1965) – performed first Uranium-lead dating
• M. King Hubbert – correct statement of Darcy's law and mathematical demonstration that rock undergoes plastic deformation; Vetlesen Prize
• Alexander von Humboldt (German, 1769–1859) – global network of geomagnetic observatories