Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz

Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz
Born	(1881-10-22)22 October 1881 Heidenheim an der Brenz, Germany
Died	20 July 1908(1908-07-20) (aged 26)
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Freiburg, University of Munich
Known for	Zoeppritz equations
Scientific career
Fields	Geophysics
Institutions	University of Göttingen

Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz (22 October 1881 – 20 July 1908) was a German geophysicist who made important contributions to seismology, in particular the formulation of the Zoeppritz equations.

These equations relate the amplitudes of P-waves and S-waves at each side of an interface, between two arbitrary elastic media, as a function of the angle of incidence and are largely used in reflection seismology for determining structure and properties of the subsurface.