Professor Bill Compston interviewed by David Salt
TitleProfessor Bill Compston interviewed by David Salt
Reference240000033
Date2005
Scope and ContentProfessor William (Bill) Compston is a renowned geophysicist who began his research career fingerprinting and dating rocks at the University of Western Australia before moving to the Research School of Earth Sciences at the Australian National University. He was a principal investigator dating lunar rock samples that were collected by Apollo 11, but is best known for his work developing the Sensitive High Resolution Ion Micro Probe (SHRIMP).The SHRIMP is a great achievement for Australian geology and was used to identify the world's oldest mineral, found in Western Australia. Bill is a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University and has received many awards, including the Flinders Medal, the Mawson Medal and the Centenary Medal. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and the Royal Society of London.
LanguageEnglish
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Persons keyword Bill Compston, David Salt
SubjectIsotopes, Geochemistry, Mines and mineral resources, Science--History, Science--Social aspects
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