Sadly another obituary to post. In December (2014) Martin Brasier, Professor at the University of Oxford was killed in a car accident. Martin studied all periods of Earth history, but is probably best known for his work on early life and the evolution of eukaryotes and animals, specifically during the Cambrian and Precambrian.
The announcement from his department can be found here: www.earth.ox.ac.uk/news_events/news/department_news/professor_martin_brasier,_rip
The announcement in Nature is here: www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v8/n2/full/ngeo2362.html?WT.ec_id=NGEO-201502
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Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
In Memoriam: Robert Berner
Sad news today for the field of geology, Robert A. Berner, Emeritus Professor of Geology and Geophysics at Yale, has passed away. Bob was one of the the most influential geochemists of his time, and made seminal discoveries in quantitative geochemistry of sediments, the geochemistry of sulfides and carbonates in the oceans, diagenesis, weathering, and most notably, the field of geochemical cycling. He will be missed.
Read the letter to the geochemical society here:
http://www.geochemsoc.org/news/2015/01/13/memoriam-robert-berner
Read the letter to the geochemical society here:
http://www.geochemsoc.org/news/2015/01/13/memoriam-robert-berner
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