John T. Andrews (geologist)

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John Thomas Andrews (born 1937) is a British-American geologist and professor emeritus of geological and atmospheric and oceanic sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder's Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), in Boulder, Colorado, USA.

Andrews was awarded his BA in geosciences in 1959 from the University of Nottingham in England, a MS in geology from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1961, a PhD from Nottingham in 1965, and a DSc from there in 1978. [1]

He was the 1973 winner of the Geological Society of America's Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division's Kirk Bryan Award. Andrew was named a fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2006. [2] In 2011, Andrews was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. [3] He is the 2016 Geological Society of America's Penrose Medal winner for his contribution to advancing the understanding of how partial collapses of the Laurentide Ice Sheet are reflected in Heinrich events and have contributed to abrupt climate change during the Quaternary, his area of expertise. [4]

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References

  1. John T. Andrews page, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  2. "Anderson, Andrews elected fellows of the American Geophysical Union". University of Colorado Boulder. February 16, 2006. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
  3. "AAAS Members Elected as Fellows", American Association for the Advancement of Science, 6 December 2011 Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  4. "Geological Society of America awards John Andrews the Penrose Medal", Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, 9 August 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
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