B. Clark Burchfiel
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Template wrapper".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters". Burrell Clark Burchfiel (March 21, 1934 – February 9, 2024)[1] was an American structural geologist. Born in Stockton, California, he earned his Ph.D. in 1961 at Yale University. His first academic appointment was to the Geology department at Rice University. He was the Schlumberger Professor Emeritus of Geology at MIT.[2] Research interests: Origin, development, and structural evolution of the continental crust. His later work involved study of the geological history and evolution of the Tibetan plateau.
Burchfiel joined the MIT faculty in 1976. Over his career he wrote close to 200 papers and mentored more than 50 graduate students.[2]
Burchfiel died on February 9, 2024, at the age of 89.[3]
Selected publications
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- B. C. Burchfiel and G. A. Davis, Nature and controls of Cordilleran orogenesis, western United States: Extensions of an earlier synthesis, American Journal of Science; 1975; v. 275; no. A; p. 363-396
- B.C. Burchfiel, and G.A. Davis, 1981, Mojave Desert and environs, in Ernst, W.G., ed., The geotectonic development of California (Rubey volume 1): Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, p. 217-252.
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Awards and positions held
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- 1985, elected to National Academy of Sciences
- 1995, Career Achievement Award from the Geological Society of America
- 1998, elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2003, elected President of the Geological Society of America[4]
- 2009, Awarded the Penrose Medal; see List of Penrose Medal winners
- 2013, Awarded the Distinguished Service Award, International Division of the Geological Society of America[2]
References
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- ↑ a b c B. Clark Burchfiel, Professor Emeritus, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT
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External links
- Use of GPS in field work in Tibet; structural geology of the eastern Tibetan plateau 2003 GSA Presidential address, by B.C. Burchfiel
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- 1934 births
- 2024 deaths
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- Foreign members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- American geologists
- Structural geologists
- Yale University alumni
- Rice University faculty
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science faculty
- Penrose Medal winners
- Presidents of the Geological Society of America
- Scientists from Stockton, California