Professor

R. Lawrence Edwards

University of Minnesota
Geologist; Geochemist; Educator
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Earth Sciences
Elected
2004
Distinguished McKnight University Professor. Primarily responsible for the development and application of thermal ionization measurement of precise 230 Th ages to the timing and causes of Quaternary climatic and oceanographic changes. Pioneered Sr/Ca and U/Ca thermometry, as well as uranium-thorium-protoactinium dating of carbonates, increasing understanding of past climate change and environmental problems.
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