Lawrence Alexander Hardie | |
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 Lawrence A. Hardie in 2004 | |
| Born | Lawrence Alexander Hardie January 13, 1933 |
| Died | December 17, 2013 (aged 80) Seaside, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Johns Hopkins University |
| Alma mater | University of Natal, RSA Johns Hopkins University, US (Ph.D.) |
| Spouse | Glenys Kathleen Hardie (1961-) |
| Children | Deborah Buettner Russell Hardie |
| Awards | Francis J. Pettijohn Medal for Excellence by the Society for Sedimentary Geology in 2003. |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geology, Sedimentology, Geochemistry |
| Institutions | Johns Hopkins University Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences professor 1965–2013, chair 1992–1995, 2004–2006 |
| Doctoral advisor | Hans P. Eugster Francis J. Pettijohn |
Lawrence Alexander Hardie (January 13, 1933 – December 17, 2013) was an American geologist, sedimentologist, and geochemist .
Hardie was a professor at Johns Hopkins University in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.[1] His research topics included evaporites, dolomitization, cyclical deposition of carbonate sediments, and plate tectonic driven changes in seawater chemistry.[2] In the latter, he proposed that changes in the seafloor spreading rates at mid-ocean ridges have altered the composition of seawater throughout earth history, producing oscillations in the mineralogy of carbonate and evaporite precipitates.[3] Specifically citing these scientific contributions, the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) awarded him the Francis J. Pettijohn Medal in 2003.[2]
- ^ Kelly, Jacques (January 17, 2014). "Lawrence A. Hardie, Hopkins geology professor". Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on January 22, 2014.
- ^ a b 2003 Annual Report of the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM). http://www.sepm.org/CM_Files/SocietyRecords/2003.pdf Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Johns Hopkins Magazine, February 2002, Vol. 54, No. 1. http://pages.jh.edu/~jhumag/0202web/wholly.html#sea