Dr.
Richard Walter Carlson
Carnegie Institution for Science
Geophysicist; Educator
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Earth Sciences
Elected
2009
Staff Member, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. Developed and applied a range of isotope geochemical and cosmological tools that have substantially shaped our understanding of the origin of continental magmas, the formation of continental crust and lithospheric mantle, the early differentiation of the Earth and Moon, and the chronology of the early solar system.
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