Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz

German geophysicist

Date of Birth: 22-Oct-1881

Place of Birth: Mergelstetten, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 20-Jul-1908

Profession: geologist, seismologist

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz (22 October 1881 – 20 July 1908) was a German geophysicist who made important contributions to seismology, in particular the formulation of the Zoeppritz equations. These equations relate the amplitudes of P-waves and S-waves at each side of an interface, between two arbitrary elastic media, as a function of the angle of incidence and are largely used in reflection seismology for determining structure and properties of the subsurface.