Ian Graham Gass
Appearance
Ian Graham Gass | |
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Born | 20 March 1926 |
Died | 8 October 1992 |
Citizenship | British |
Alma mater | University of Leeds |
Awards | Murchison Medal (1988) Fellow of the Royal Society[1] |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Sudan Geological Survey (1952-55) Cyprus Geological Survey (1955-60) Leicester University (1960-61) University of Leeds (1961-69) Open University (1969-92) |
Doctoral advisor | WQ Kennedy |
Ian Graham Gass, FRS,[1] geologist, was Professor of Earth Sciences and Head of Discipline at the Open University, Milton Keynes and he was President of the IAVCEI (1983–87). He was married to Mary Pearce (1955, one son, one daughter).
At the close of the 1960s, a scientific revolution occurred changing the static Geology into a dynamic Earth Science. By showing that the Troödos Mountains, Cyprus is a remnant of seafloor spreading, Ian Gass collaborated in that transformation.[2][3]
Selected publications
- Understanding the earth : a reader in the earth sciences. Open University set book. Sussex: Artemis Press. 1971. p. 355. ISBN 0-85141-262-9.
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References
- ^ a b Cox, K. G. (1995). "Ian Graham Gass. 20 March 1926-8 October 1992". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 41: 170–126. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1995.0011.
- ^ Gass, I. G. (1968). "Is the Troodos Massif of Cyprus a Fragment of Mesozoic Ocean Floor?". Nature. 220 (5162): 39. doi:10.1038/220039a0.
- ^ Gass, I. G.; Masson-Smith, D. (1963). "The Geology and Gravity Anomalies of the Troodos Massif, Cyprus". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 255 (1060): 417. Bibcode:1963RSPTA.255..417G. doi:10.1098/rsta.1963.0009.