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Professor '''Henry Elderfield''', [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]]<ref name=frs>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117114112/https://royalsociety.org/people/henry-elderfield-11388/|archivedate=2015-11-17|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/henry-elderfield-11388/|publisher=[[Royal Society]]|location=London|title=Professor Henry Elderfield FRS}} One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: {{quote|“All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under [[Creative Commons license|Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License]].” --{{Wayback|url=https://royalsociety.org/about-us/terms-conditions-policies/|title=Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies|date=20150925220834}}}}</ref> (1943 – 19 April 2016), was Professor of Ocean Geochemistry and Palaeoclimate Research at the [[University of Cambridge Godwin Laboratory|Godwin Laboratory]] in the [[University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences|Department of Earth Sciences]] at the [[University of Cambridge]].<ref name=cam>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801014557/http://www.esc.cam.ac.uk/directory/harry-elderfield|archivedate=2015-08-01|url=http://www.esc.cam.ac.uk/directory/harry-elderfield|publisher=cam.ac.uk|location=Cambridge|title=Professor Harry Elderfield: Climate Change and Earth-Ocean-Atmosphere Systems}}</ref><ref name="AnandElderfield2003">{{cite journal|last1=Anand|first1=Pallavi|last2=Elderfield|first2=Henry|last3=Conte|first3=Maureen H.|title=Calibration of Mg/Ca thermometry in planktonic foraminifera from a sediment trap time series|journal=Paleoceanography|volume=18|issue=2|year=2003|doi=10.1029/2002PA000846}}</ref> He made his name in ocean chemistry and palaeochemistry, using trace metals and isotopes in biogenic carbonate as palaeochemical tracers, and studying the chemistry of modern and ancient oceans - especially those of the glacial epoch and the Cenozoic.<ref name=natureobit>{{cite journal|last1=Rickaby|first1=Rosalind E. M.|title=Harry Elderfield (1943–2016)|journal=Nature|volume=533|issue=7603|year=2016|pages=322–322|doi=10.1038/533322a|pmid= 27193672|authorlink=d:Q24237729}}</ref><ref>[http://www.esc.cam.ac.uk/people/academic-staff/harry-elderfield Personal web page at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge] {{dead|date=May 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.cei.group.cam.ac.uk/directory/people/record.html?id=18 CEI Profile page] {{dead|date=May 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.caths.cam.ac.uk/home/index.php?m=page&id=114&sub_id=16&sub_offset=0&landed=true&sub_keys=0 Fellow of St Catharine's College] {{dead|date=May 2016}}</ref>
Professor '''Henry Elderfield''', [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]]<ref name=frs>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117114112/https://royalsociety.org/people/henry-elderfield-11388/|archivedate=2015-11-17|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/henry-elderfield-11388/|publisher=[[Royal Society]]|location=London|title=Professor Henry Elderfield FRS}} One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: {{quote|“All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under [[Creative Commons license|Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License]].” --{{Wayback|url=https://royalsociety.org/about-us/terms-conditions-policies/|title=Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies|date=20150925220834}}}}</ref> (1943 – 19 April 2016), was Professor of Ocean Geochemistry and Palaeoclimate Research at the [[University of Cambridge Godwin Laboratory|Godwin Laboratory]] in the [[University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences|Department of Earth Sciences]] at the [[University of Cambridge]].<ref name=cam>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801014557/http://www.esc.cam.ac.uk/directory/harry-elderfield|archivedate=2015-08-01|url=http://www.esc.cam.ac.uk/directory/harry-elderfield|publisher=cam.ac.uk|location=Cambridge|title=Professor Harry Elderfield: Climate Change and Earth-Ocean-Atmosphere Systems}}</ref><ref name="AnandElderfield2003">{{cite journal|last1=Anand|first1=Pallavi|last2=Elderfield|first2=Henry|last3=Conte|first3=Maureen H.|title=Calibration of Mg/Ca thermometry in planktonic foraminifera from a sediment trap time series|journal=Paleoceanography|volume=18|issue=2|year=2003|doi=10.1029/2002PA000846}}</ref> He made his name in ocean chemistry and palaeochemistry, using trace metals and isotopes in biogenic carbonate as palaeochemical tracers, and studying the chemistry of modern and ancient oceans - especially those of the glacial epoch and the Cenozoic.<ref name=natureobit>{{cite journal|last1=Rickaby|first1=Rosalind E. M.|title=Harry Elderfield (1943–2016)|journal=Nature|volume=533|issue=7603|year=2016|pages=322–322|doi=10.1038/533322a|pmid= 27193672|authorlink=d:Q24237729}}</ref><ref>[http://www.esc.cam.ac.uk/people/academic-staff/harry-elderfield Personal web page at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge] {{wayback|url=http://www.esc.cam.ac.uk/people/academic-staff/harry-elderfield |date=20090606124056 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.cei.group.cam.ac.uk/directory/people/record.html?id=18 CEI Profile page] {{wayback|url=http://www.cei.group.cam.ac.uk/directory/people/record.html?id=18 |date=20050325211143 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.caths.cam.ac.uk/home/index.php?m=page&id=114&sub_id=16&sub_offset=0&landed=true&sub_keys=0 Fellow of St Catharine's College] {{wayback|url=http://www.caths.cam.ac.uk/home/index.php?m=page&id=114&sub_id=16&sub_offset=0&landed=true&sub_keys=0 |date=20110607165929 }}</ref>


==Education==
==Education==
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His early career was focused on the behaviour of [[trace metal]]s in oceans and their sediments, and on fluid flow through the [[oceanic crust]] and sediments under the influence of off-axis [[hydrothermal circulation]]. He became one of the first low-temperature geochemists to appreciate how [[Radionuclide|radiogenic isotopes]] might be used to solve the problems of marine geochemistry, developing the seawater [[strontium]] isotope curve for the [[Cenozoic]]<ref name=seawater>{{cite journal|last1=Palmer|first1=M. R.|last2=Elderfield|first2=H.|title=Sr isotope composition of sea water over the past 75 Myr|journal=Nature|volume=314|issue=6011|year=1985|pages=526–528|doi=10.1038/314526a0}}</ref> – now the most reliable isotopic record available for the [[Phanerozoic]].{{fact|date=May 2016}}
His early career was focused on the behaviour of [[trace metal]]s in oceans and their sediments, and on fluid flow through the [[oceanic crust]] and sediments under the influence of off-axis [[hydrothermal circulation]]. He became one of the first low-temperature geochemists to appreciate how [[Radionuclide|radiogenic isotopes]] might be used to solve the problems of marine geochemistry, developing the seawater [[strontium]] isotope curve for the [[Cenozoic]]<ref name=seawater>{{cite journal|last1=Palmer|first1=M. R.|last2=Elderfield|first2=H.|title=Sr isotope composition of sea water over the past 75 Myr|journal=Nature|volume=314|issue=6011|year=1985|pages=526–528|doi=10.1038/314526a0}}</ref> – now the most reliable isotopic record available for the [[Phanerozoic]].{{fact|date=May 2016}}


He also worked on [[iodine]] speciation in seawater and porewaters,<ref name=interstitial>{{cite journal|last1=Wakefield|first1=S. J.|last2=Elderfield|first2=H.|title=Interstitial water iodine enrichments in sediments from the eastern Pacific|journal=Journal of Marine Research|volume=43|issue=4|year=1985|pages=951–961|doi=10.1357/002224085788453912}}</ref> the separation of [[cerium]] from other [[rare earth elements]] in a classic example of [[redox]] behaviour;<ref name=GermanElderfield1990>{{cite journal|last1=German|first1=Christopher R.|last2=Elderfield|first2=Henry|title=Application of the Ce anomaly as a paleoredox indicator: The ground rules|journal=Paleoceanography|volume=5|issue=5|year=1990|pages=823–833|doi=10.1029/PA005i005p00823}}</ref> he has developed a precise [[Mass spectrometry|mass spectrometric analysis]] method – and made the first ever measurements of oceanic profiles for – 10 rare earth elements. The rare earths are now widely used as tracers in sedimentary geochemistry and palaeoceanography.<ref name="elderfield1">[http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/gsl/info/collections/archives/page2984.html The Geological Society Lyell Medal Award] {{dead|date=May 2016}}</ref>
He also worked on [[iodine]] speciation in seawater and porewaters,<ref name=interstitial>{{cite journal|last1=Wakefield|first1=S. J.|last2=Elderfield|first2=H.|title=Interstitial water iodine enrichments in sediments from the eastern Pacific|journal=Journal of Marine Research|volume=43|issue=4|year=1985|pages=951–961|doi=10.1357/002224085788453912}}</ref> the separation of [[cerium]] from other [[rare earth elements]] in a classic example of [[redox]] behaviour;<ref name=GermanElderfield1990>{{cite journal|last1=German|first1=Christopher R.|last2=Elderfield|first2=Henry|title=Application of the Ce anomaly as a paleoredox indicator: The ground rules|journal=Paleoceanography|volume=5|issue=5|year=1990|pages=823–833|doi=10.1029/PA005i005p00823}}</ref> he has developed a precise [[Mass spectrometry|mass spectrometric analysis]] method – and made the first ever measurements of oceanic profiles for – 10 rare earth elements. The rare earths are now widely used as tracers in sedimentary geochemistry and palaeoceanography.<ref name="elderfield1">[http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/gsl/info/collections/archives/page2984.html The Geological Society Lyell Medal Award] {{wayback|url=http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/gsl/info/collections/archives/page2984.html |date=20081123173248 }}</ref>


===Later research===
===Later research===

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Harry Elderfield
Born
Henry Elderfield

(1943-04-25)April 25, 1943[4]
DiedApril 19, 2016(2016-04-19) (aged 72)[2]
NationalityBritish
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Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
Doctoral studentsRos Rickaby[2][3]
Websitewww.esc.cam.ac.uk/directory/harry-elderfield

Professor Henry Elderfield, FRS[1] (1943 – 19 April 2016), was Professor of Ocean Geochemistry and Palaeoclimate Research at the Godwin Laboratory in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge.[5][6] He made his name in ocean chemistry and palaeochemistry, using trace metals and isotopes in biogenic carbonate as palaeochemical tracers, and studying the chemistry of modern and ancient oceans - especially those of the glacial epoch and the Cenozoic.[2][7][8][9]

Education

Elderfield was educated at Eston Grammar School.[4] He attended the University of Liverpool obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry (Oceanography) in 1965. He worked as a Research Fellow in the Geology Department, Imperial College London between 1968-1969 whilst completing his PhD at the University of Liverpool in 1970.[citation needed]

Career and research

He was appointed a Lecturer in the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds in 1969, a position he held until 1982. From 1982 until 1989 he held the post of Assistant Director in Research in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge. During this time he obtained a Master of Arts degree from the University of Cambridge in 1985, followed by a Doctor of Science degree in 1989. The same year, he was made a Reader in Geochemistry at Cambridge, before being appointed to the chair of Professor of Ocean Geochemistry and Paleochemistry (Cambridge) in 1999.

Early career

His early career was focused on the behaviour of trace metals in oceans and their sediments, and on fluid flow through the oceanic crust and sediments under the influence of off-axis hydrothermal circulation. He became one of the first low-temperature geochemists to appreciate how radiogenic isotopes might be used to solve the problems of marine geochemistry, developing the seawater strontium isotope curve for the Cenozoic[10] – now the most reliable isotopic record available for the Phanerozoic.[citation needed]

He also worked on iodine speciation in seawater and porewaters,[11] the separation of cerium from other rare earth elements in a classic example of redox behaviour;[12] he has developed a precise mass spectrometric analysis method – and made the first ever measurements of oceanic profiles for – 10 rare earth elements. The rare earths are now widely used as tracers in sedimentary geochemistry and palaeoceanography.[13]

Later research

Elderfield's later research focused on ocean chemistry and paleochemistry, and his results have had a far-reaching impact on the academic geochemistry discipline. He contributed significantly to marine chemistry, most notably the fate of metals in hydrothermal processes, the formation of manganese nodules,<[14] and the biogeochemical cycles of elements including iodine and strontium.

His latter interests included defining chemical proxies from biogenic carbonates and using them to understand the ancient ocean. He pioneered the development of foraminiferal magnesium thermometry, which has become accepted for the estimation of past ocean temperatures.[13][15]

Selected publications

  • Elderfield, H., Holland, D. & Turekian, K.K. (2003) Treatise on geochemistry. Elsevier Science, 646p[ISBN missing]
  • Carbonate Mysteries[16]
  • The rare-earth elements in rivers, estuaries, and coastal seas and their significance to the composition of ocean waters[17]
  • Application of the Cerium anomaly as a palaeoredox indicator: the ground rules[12]
  • Sr isotope composition of sea water over the past 75 Myr[10]
  • Interstitial water iodine enrichments in sediments from the eastern Pacific[11]
  • The rare-earth elements in sea-water[10]
  • Rare-earth element geochemistry of oceanic ferromanganese nodules and associated sediments[14]

Awards and honours

References

  1. ^ a b c "Professor Henry Elderfield FRS". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:

    “All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.” --Template:Wayback
  2. ^ a b c Rickaby, Rosalind E. M. (2016). "Harry Elderfield (1943–2016)". Nature. 533 (7603): 322–322. doi:10.1038/533322a. PMID 27193672.
  3. ^ Rickaby, Rosalind Emily Mayors (1999). Planktonic foraminiferal Cd/Ca : a new perspective on Southern Ocean palaeoproductivity (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC 894602139.
  4. ^ a b ELDERFIELD. "ELDERFIELD, Prof. Henry". Who's Who. Vol. 2016 (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) (subscription required)
  5. ^ "Professor Harry Elderfield: Climate Change and Earth-Ocean-Atmosphere Systems". Cambridge: cam.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2015-08-01.
  6. ^ Anand, Pallavi; Elderfield, Henry; Conte, Maureen H. (2003). "Calibration of Mg/Ca thermometry in planktonic foraminifera from a sediment trap time series". Paleoceanography. 18 (2). doi:10.1029/2002PA000846.
  7. ^ Personal web page at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge Template:Wayback
  8. ^ CEI Profile page Template:Wayback
  9. ^ Fellow of St Catharine's College Template:Wayback
  10. ^ a b c Palmer, M. R.; Elderfield, H. (1985). "Sr isotope composition of sea water over the past 75 Myr". Nature. 314 (6011): 526–528. doi:10.1038/314526a0.
  11. ^ a b Wakefield, S. J.; Elderfield, H. (1985). "Interstitial water iodine enrichments in sediments from the eastern Pacific". Journal of Marine Research. 43 (4): 951–961. doi:10.1357/002224085788453912.
  12. ^ a b German, Christopher R.; Elderfield, Henry (1990). "Application of the Ce anomaly as a paleoredox indicator: The ground rules". Paleoceanography. 5 (5): 823–833. doi:10.1029/PA005i005p00823.
  13. ^ a b The Geological Society Lyell Medal Award Template:Wayback
  14. ^ a b Elderfield, H; Hawkesworth, C.J; Greaves, M.J; Calvert, S.E (1981). "Rare earth element geochemistry of oceanic ferromanganese nodules and associated sediments". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 45 (4): 513–528. doi:10.1016/0016-7037(81)90184-8.
  15. ^ European Association of Geochemistry [dead link]
  16. ^ Elderfield, H. (2002). "CLIMATE CHANGE: Carbonate Mysteries". Science. 296 (5573): 1618–1621. doi:10.1126/science.1072079.
  17. ^ Elderfield, H.; Upstill-Goddard, R.; Sholkovitz, E.R. (1990). "The rare earth elements in rivers, estuaries, and coastal seas and their significance to the composition of ocean waters". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 54 (4): 971–991. doi:10.1016/0016-7037(90)90432-K.
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