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HORVATH, Joseph (Sepp)

Born Trofaiach, near Leoben, Austria, 18 February 1900; died Leoben 30 October 1976. Education Mining University of Leoben (Dip. Ing. 1925, Ph.D 1942). Exploration geophysicist, Electrical Prospecting Co. of Sweden (ABEM), 1926-27, 1930-39; ABEM representative, Aerial Geological & Geophysical Survey of North Australia, 1935-37. Assistant, Mining University of Leoben, 1928-29. Geophysicist, Deutsche Bundesanstalt f#eur Bergbau und Lagerst#eattenforschung, Norway, 1939-45; Geologische Landesanstalt, Berlin, East Germany, 1946-51. Senior geophysicist, Metalliferous Section, Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources, 1951-65. Consultant geophysicist, Melbourne 1965-71. Part time lecturer Montan University, Leoben 1971-76.
  1. The geophysical methods of the Electrical Prospecting Company of Sweden used in the Aerial Geological and Geophysical Survey of Northern Australia. Australia. Aerial, Geological and Geophysical Survey of Northern Australia. Reports., Queensland no.3 (1936), 12p.
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