Richard Lawrence Edwards
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Comment: Please cleanup the references. You have a stack of links added on at the end for no particular reason. He is certainly notable, but you need to do a better job with the page first. (I corrected the infobox a bit for you.) Ldm1954 (talk) 06:05, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
Richard Lawrence Edwards | |
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Other names | Larry Edwards, R. Lawrence Edwards |
Alma mater | California Institute of Technology |
Known for | Improving uranium-thorium dating techniques |
Awards | Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship of the National Academy of Sciences Fellow National Academy of Sciences |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Geochemical Principles, Isotope Geology, Uranium–thorium dating |
Thesis | High Precision Thorium-230 Ages of Corals and the Timing of Sea Level Fluctuations in the Late Quaternary (1988) |
Doctoral advisor | Gerald J. Wasserburg |
Website | https://cse.umn.edu/esci/r-lawrence-edwards |
Richard Lawrence "Larry" Edwards is an American geochemist and Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Regents Professor at the University of Minnesota.[1] He is one of the most cited and respected geochemists in the world,[2] and is well-known for his contributions to modernizing the uranium-thorium (Th-230) radiometric dating technique.[2]
Edwards earned his Ph.D from the California Institute of Technology in 1988 after studying under Gerald J. Wasserburg.[3] His thesis, entitled High Precision Thorium-230 Ages of Corals and the Timing of Sea Level Fluctuations in the Late Quaternary, discusses the usage of Th-230 dating in the examination of corals at Santo and Malekula Islands, Vanuatu.[3]
Edwards has made notable contributions to anthropology through dating a jawbone at 100000 years old, suggesting that modern humans had inhabited the area of China where the bone was found earlier than previously thought.[4] His collaborations with geochemist Hai Cheng have led to the largest number of environmental science papers published in Nature Index journals by a pair of geochemists.[5]
References
- ^ "R. Lawrence Edwards". College of Science and Engineering. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
- ^ a b "These two geochemists have one of the largest publishing networks in science". Nature Index. 2020-06-26. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
- ^ a b Edwards, Richard Lawrence (1988). High Precision Thorium-230 Ages of Corals and the Timing of Sea Level Fluctuations in the Late Quaternary (phd thesis). California Institute of Technology.
- ^ "R. Lawrence 'Larry' Edwards". University of Minnesota. 2015-09-08. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ "These two geochemists have one of the largest publishing networks in science". Nature Index. 2020-06-26. Retrieved 2024-02-02.