Harold Wellman

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Harold Wellman DSc FRSNZ (1909–1999) was a New Zealand geologist known for his work on plate tectonics.

He is notable for his discovery of South Island's Alpine Fault. Wellman became a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1954, and was awarded the Hector Memorial Medal and Prize in 1957 and the McKay Hammer Award in 1959.

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