- Richard Weyl
Richard H. Weyl (c.1912,
Germany - 1988) was a Germangeologist and noted author on the subject of Central American Geology.Active member of the
Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources; formerly the Bundesanstalt für Bodenforschung, BfB) in Latin-America and the Caribbean.Scientist at Paläontologisches Institut und Museum (
Kiel , Germany)Professor at University of Giessen, Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut.
Apparently there is a peak in Costa Rica named after him. (Near Mount Chirripó) [http://www.guiascostarica.com/en_mont.htm]
Education
Ph.D. Geology (University of Heidelberg?)
Works Published
Die Geologie Mittelamerikas (The Geology of Central America)/ von Dr. Richard Weyl.Berlin-Nikolassee : Gebruder Borntraeger, 1961. ISBN 3-443-11001-0
Geologie der Antillen / Richard Weil.Berlin-Nikolassee : Borntraeger, 1966.
Geology of Central America / by Richard Weyl.Berlin : Gebr. Borntraeger, 1980.
References
Departmental History Webpage by Hubert Miller [http://www.uni-bayreuth.de/departments/geomorph/history.htm]
List mentioning correspondence with Weyl [http://www.giub.uni-bonn.de/archiv/NLTroll/NLCT379.html]
Costa Rica Guides: Mountains and Volcanos [http://www.guiascostarica.com/en_mont.htm]
Der Nationalsozialismus und Lateinamerika by Sandra Carreras [http://www.ibero-online.de/pdf/003_Nationalsozialismus_1.pdf]
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