Paul Frédéric Joseph Fourmarier (1877—1970) was a Belgian geologist and specialist in tectonics and stratigraphy,[1] after whom the Fourmarierite mineral is named.[2]
Paul Fourmarier | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 December 1877 |
| Died | 20 January 1970 (aged 92) |
| Alma mater | University of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium |
| Known for | study of fold structures and cleavage, description the overthrust nappes |
| Awards | Penrose Gold Medal (1952), Wollaston Medal (1957) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geology, tectonics |
Fourmarier was born in La Hulpe, Province of Brabant, Belgium and studied at the University of Liège, graduating in 1899. He became a professor of geology at the university in 1920.[1]
He won the Wollaston Medal in 1957[3] and the Penrose Gold Medal in 1952.[4]
Research
editHis specialist area was the study of fold structures and cleavage and he described the overthrust nappes in the Ardennes.[1] Fourmarier was much involved in the geology of his native Belgium, as well as Zaire (then the Belgian Congo) and other African places. He also worked on continental drift.[1]
Works
edit- 1901. Le bassin dévonien et carboniférien de Theux.
- 1906. Pétrographie et paléontologie de la formation houillère de la campine, H. Vaillant-Carmanne (Liège).
- 1907. La Tectonique de l’Ardenne.
- 1916. La Tectonique du bassin houiller du Hainaut.
- 1933. Principes de géologie.
- 1934. Vue d'ensemble de la géologie de la Belgique.
- 1939. Hydrogéologie: introduction à l'étude des eaux, destinées à l'alimentation humaine et à l'industrie, Paris.
- 1954. Prodrome d'une description géologique de la Belgique. Geological Survey of Belgium, Liège, 826 p.
Memory
editAn award named after him, the Fourmarier Prize, was established.[5] In addition, a secondary uranium-lead mineral, fourmarierite, was named in his memory.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Fourmarier, Paul Frédéric Joseph". TheFreeDictionary. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ^ a b "Fourmarierite Mineral Data". webmineral.com. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ^ "Geological Society medal winners". The Geological Society of London. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ^ "Penrose Gold Medal". Society of Economic Geologists. Archived from the original on 28 December 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ^ "Announcements". Nature. 143 (3618): 373. 1 March 1939. doi:10.1038/143373b0.
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