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Walter Alvarez is a Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley and maintains an affiliation with the University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP) as a Curatorial Associate.
His research spans fundamental earth science disciplines with emphasis on:
- Geology
- Paleontology
- Planetary Science
- Impact Cratering
- Dinosaur Extinction
- Plate Tectonics
This work centers on catastrophic geological events, notably the asteroid impact theory explaining Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction. His contributions integrate field geology with planetary science to reconstruct Earth's evolutionary history.
Contact is available via platetec@berkeley.edu or (510) 643-9980 through UC Berkeley's Valley Life Sciences Building.
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