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[it-IT]Record tools[it-IT]	Professor Bill Compston interviewed by David Salt Remove from selection Add to selection TitoloProfessor Bill Compston interviewed by David Salt Riferimento240000033 Data2005 CreatoreAustralian Academy of Science Ambito e contenutoProfessor 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. LinguaEnglish Documento esterno professor-bill-compston-isotope Parola chiave persone Bill Compston, David Salt SoggettoIsotopes, Geochemistry, Mines and mineral resources, Science--History, Science--Social aspects Condizioni di accessoThe Australian Academy of Science supports and encourages the use of its archive & library by making a material available to the public under Creative Commons CC BY-NC 4.0 see creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Livello di descrizioneItem Browser gerarchia MS240 Conversations with Australian Scientists 1995-currentfonds [it-IT]contains[it-IT] 152 [it-IT]parts[it-IT] 240000033 Professor Bill Compston interviewed by David Salt 2005Item

TitoloProfessor Bill Compston interviewed by David Salt

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Ambito e contenutoProfessor 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.

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Parola chiave persone Bill Compston, David Salt

SoggettoIsotopes, Geochemistry, Mines and mineral resources, Science--History, Science--Social aspects

Condizioni di accessoThe Australian Academy of Science supports and encourages the use of its archive & library by making a material available to the public under Creative Commons CC BY-NC 4.0 see creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

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