death_place death_date birth_place awards fields workplaces birth_date article_title name alma_mater
point richmond , california march 6 , 2008 oakland , california vetlesen prize -lrb- 1970 -rrb- geophysics u.s. geological survey university of toronto and mit 1923 y richard doell
 roland doell uc berkeley
richard doell

richard doell -lrb- 1923 -- march 6 , 2008 -rrb- was a distinguished american scientist known for developing the time scale for geomagnetic reversals with allan v. cox and brent dalrymple .
this work was a major step in the development of plate tectonics .
doell shared the vetlesen prize with cox and dalrymple .
