Gerald J. Wasserburg

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Goldschmidt_Medal
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Arthur_L._Day_Prize_and_Lectureship
gptkb:J._Lawrence_Smith_Medal
gptkb:Vetlesen_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1927-03-25
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Louisville,_Kentucky,_United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 2016-06-13
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:San_Marino,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Harrison_Brown
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Marc_Chaussidon
gptkb:James_R._Arnold
gptkb:Mark_Thiemens
Donald J. DePaolo
Stein B. Jacobsen
Francis Albarède
G. Jeffrey Taylor
Klaus Mezger
gptkbp:employer gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:eponymOf 4765 Wasserburg (asteroid)
Wasserburg Group
gptkbp:field cosmochemistry
geology
geophysics
planetary science
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gerald J. Wasserburg
gptkbp:knownFor lunar geology
radiometric dating
isotope geochemistry
studies of the early solar system
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork Lunar Sample Analysis
Wasserburg Group
lead–lead dating
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:geologist
gptkb:professor
gptkbp:publishedIn "Short-lived Nuclei in the Early Solar System"
"The Age of the Earth"
"The Isotopic Composition of Strontium in Meteorites"
"Isotopic Composition of Lead in the Early Solar System"
"Initial Strontium Isotopic Compositions and the Age of the Earth"
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Clair_Cameron_Patterson
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7