Marjorie Sweeting | |
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| Born | 28 February 1920 Fulham, London |
| Died | 31 December 1994 Oxford, England |
| Resting place | Enstone, Oxfordshire |
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| Fields | Geomorphologist |
Marjorie Mary Sweeting (28 February 1920 – 31 December 1994 in Oxford), was a British geomorphologist specializing in karst phenomena. Sweeting had gained extensive knowledge on various topographies and landscapes by travelling around the world to places such as Greece, Australia, Czechoslovakia, United States, Canada, South Africa, Belize, and most notably China. She published Karst Landforms (Macmillan 1972), and Karst in China: its Geomorphology and Environment (Springer 1995). The latter is the first comprehensive Western account of China's karst,[1][2] and one of the first western published works on the karst found within China, despite being a male dominated field.[3]
- ^ Kennedy, Barbara (18 January 1995). "OBITUARIES: Marjorie Sweeting". The Independent.
- ^ Karst in China - Its Geomorphology and Environment | Marjorie M. Sweeting. Springer Series in Physical Environment. Springer. 1995. ISBN 9783642795220. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ Goudie, Andrew (July 1995). "Obituaries: Marjorie Sweeting 1920-1994". Geographical Journal. 161 (2): 239–240.