Jon Claerbout

Jon F. Claerbout (1937 - ) is a leading geophysicist in the later half of the 20th Century. He pioneered the use of computers in processing and filtering seismic exploration data, eventually developing the field of time series analysis and seismic wave propagation. He is currently the Cecil Green Professor of Geophysics at Stanford University [ [http://stanfordwho.stanford.edu/SWApp/lookup?search=claerbout&submit=Search Stanford University directory] ] and is the youngest ever recipient of the Maurice Ewing Medal of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists [ [http://www.seg.org/publications/yearbook/distinguished.shtml Society of Exploration Geophysicists] ] , having received this award in 1992 for lifetime achievement when he was in his early fifties.

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