His specialist area was the study of fold structures and cleavage and he described the overthrustnappes in the Ardennes.[1] Fourmarier was much involved in the geology of his native Belgium, as well as Zaire (then the Belgian Congo) and other African places. He also worked on continental drift.[1]
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1901. Le bassin dévonien et carboniférien de Theux.
1906. Pétrographie et paléontologie de la formation houillère de la campine, H. Vaillant-Carmanne (Liège).
1907. La Tectonique de l’Ardenne.
1916. La Tectonique du bassin houiller du Hainaut.
1933. Principes de géologie.
1934. Vue d'ensemble de la géologie de la Belgique.
1939. Hydrogéologie: introduction à l'étude des eaux, destinées à l'alimentation humaine et à l'industrie, Paris.
An award named after him, the Fourmarier Prize, was established.[5] In addition, a secondary uranium-lead mineral, fourmarierite, was named in his memory.[2]
paul, fourmarier, paul, frédéric, joseph, fourmarier, 1877, 1970, belgian, geologist, specialist, tectonics, stratigraphy, after, whom, fourmarierite, mineral, named, born, 1877, december, 1877la, hulpe, province, brabant, belgiumdiedjanuary, 1970, 1970, aged,. Paul Frederic Joseph Fourmarier 1877 1970 was a Belgian geologist and specialist in tectonics and stratigraphy 1 after whom the Fourmarierite mineral is named 2 Paul FourmarierBorn 1877 12 25 December 25 1877La Hulpe Province of Brabant BelgiumDiedJanuary 20 1970 1970 01 20 aged 92 Liege Liege Province BelgiumAlma materUniversity of Liege Wallonia BelgiumKnown forstudy of fold structures and cleavage description the overthrust nappesAwardsPenrose Gold Medal 1952 Wollaston Medal 1957 Scientific careerFieldsGeology tectonicsFourmarier was born in La Hulpe Province of Brabant Belgium and studied at the University of Liege graduating in 1899 He became a professor of geology at the university in 1920 1 He won the Wollaston Medal in 1957 3 and the Penrose Gold Medal in 1952 4 Contents 1 Research 2 Works 3 Memory 4 See also 5 ReferencesResearch editHis specialist area was the study of fold structures and cleavage and he described the overthrust nappes in the Ardennes 1 Fourmarier was much involved in the geology of his native Belgium as well as Zaire then the Belgian Congo and other African places He also worked on continental drift 1 Works edit1901 Le bassin devonien et carboniferien de Theux 1906 Petrographie et paleontologie de la formation houillere de la campine H Vaillant Carmanne Liege 1907 La Tectonique de l Ardenne 1916 La Tectonique du bassin houiller du Hainaut 1933 Principes de geologie 1934 Vue d ensemble de la geologie de la Belgique 1939 Hydrogeologie introduction a l etude des eaux destinees a l alimentation humaine et a l industrie Paris 1954 Prodrome d une description geologique de la Belgique Geological Survey of Belgium Liege 826 p Memory editAn award named after him the Fourmarier Prize was established 5 In addition a secondary uranium lead mineral fourmarierite was named in his memory 2 See also editGaston Briart Jean de Heinzelin de Braucourt William van LeckwijckReferences edit a b c d Fourmarier Paul Frederic Joseph TheFreeDictionary Retrieved 15 May 2012 a b Fourmarierite Mineral Data webmineral com Retrieved 15 May 2012 Geological Society medal winners The Geological Society of London Archived from the original on 19 August 2010 Retrieved 15 May 2012 Penrose Gold Medal Society of Economic Geologists Archived from the original on 28 December 2012 Retrieved 15 May 2012 Announcements Nature 143 3618 373 1 March 1939 doi 10 1038 143373b0 nbsp This biographical article about a geologist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Belgian scientist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Paul Fourmarier amp oldid 1209698130, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
