John T. Andrews

John T. Andrews CV

Professor Emeritus, Senior Fellow

  • Professor Emeritus Geological Sciences

Departments

Education

  • DSc: Nottingham University, 1978
  • PhD: Nottingham University, 1965
  • MSC: McGill University, 1961
  • BA: Nottingham University, 1959

Contact Information

(Office) 303 492-5183
(Fax) 303 492-6388

Specialty

Quaternary and glacial geology of Arctic areas, with a particular interest in the areas around Iceland, Greenland, and NE Canada.

Research Interests

Ice sheet/glacier ocean interactions.  Study of abrupt events, such as Heinrich events, and high-resolution studies of changes in Baffin Bay, the Labrador Sea, and the Nordic Seas over the last 12,000 cal yr.  Emphasis on marine sediment archives and the use of X-ray diffraction analysis to detect changes in sediment provenance.

Awards

  • Penrose Medal, Geological Society of America, 2016
  • AAAS Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2011
  • AGU Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2006

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