Julian Pearce (geochemist)

Julian Anthony Pearce is a geochemist who is currently professor emeritus at Cardiff University.[2]

Julian Pearce
Alma materSelwyn College, Cambridge
University of East Anglia
AwardsBigsby Medal (1993)
Murchison Medal (2014)
Scientific career
FieldsGeochemistry
InstitutionsCardiff University
Open University
Newcastle University
Durham University
ThesisSome relationships between the geochemistry and tectonic setting of basic volcanic rocks (1973)
Doctoral advisorJohnson Cann[1]

He graduated with a first-class degree in natural sciences from Selwyn College, Cambridge, in 1970 and completed his PhD at the University of East Anglia in 1973.[3] He best known for his work on ophiolites, island arcs and the geochemical fingerprinting of rocks and minerals.

He was awarded the Bigsby Medal of the Geological Society of London in 1993 and the Murchison Medal in 2014. He has an h-index of 79 according to Google Scholar.[4]

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