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Rudolf Hoernes
Rudolf
Hoernes
was an
Austrian
geologist
,
born
in
Vienna
, son of
Moritz Hoernes
. He
studied
under
Eduard Suess
and became a
Professor
of
geology
in
Graz
. He was known for his
earthquake
studies
in
1878
and
proposed
a
classification
of
earthquakes
into
subsidence
earthquakes,
volcanic
earthquakes and
tectonic
earthquakes. In
1893
he
published
a detailed
textbook
on earthquake
theory
from a
geological
point of view
.