George Tilton

For the American master mariner, whaler and storyteller, see George Fred Tilton.
George Tilton
Born(1923-06-03)June 3, 1923
Danville, IL
DiedOctober 12, 2010(2010-10-12) (aged 87)[1]
Eugene, OR
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Known forU-Pb geochronology
Scientific career
FieldsGeochemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of California Santa Barbara
Thesis (1957)

George Tilton (June 3, 1923 – October 12, 2010) was an American geochemist who specialized in uranium-lead geochronology.[2] He was the first to measure a U-Pb date on zircon and was instrumental in developing analytical techniques for the measurement of U, Th, and Pb in minerals and rocks, using isotope dilution and mass spectrometry.[3]

  1. ^ "Obituary: George Robert Tilton The Santa Barbara Independent". Independent.com. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
  2. ^ Mattinson, James; Hopson, Clifford (May 24, 2011). "George Robert Tilton (1923–2010)". Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 92 (21): 179. Bibcode:2011EOSTr..92..179M. doi:10.1029/2011EO210003.
  3. ^ Earth Processes: Reading the Isotopic Code. Basu, A., and S. Hart (Eds.) (1996), Geophys. Monogr. Ser., vol. 95, 437 pp., AGU, Washington, D. C