Eric W. Mountjoy
Eric Walter Mountjoy (born November 28, 1931 in Calgary , † June 18, 2010 in Montreal ) was a Canadian geologist.
Mountjoy graduated from the University of British Columbia with a bachelor's degree in 1955 and received a PhD in geology from the University of Toronto in 1960 . From 1957 he was at the Geological Survey of Canada and from 1963 Assistant Professor, 1969 Associate Professor and from 1974 Professor of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy at McGill University . From 1993 to 1998 he was Logan Professor there .
Mountjoy mapped with Raymond A. Price in the Canadian Rocky Mountains between Banff (Alberta) and Jasper (Alberta) and researched their tectonics (both are known for the geological cross-sections in the Canadian Rockies in this area, which are examples of thrust inputs in textbooks found). As a sedimentologist, he researched carbonate rocks from the Devonian , which in Alberta are often storage rocks for petroleum, and especially fossil Devonian coral reefs in Jasper National Park .
He was co-editor of the journal Sedimentary Geology .
In 1985 he received the RJW Douglas Medal from the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, in 1998 the Pettijohn Medal from the Society for Sedimentary Geology and in 1997 the Logan Medal . He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada .
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- ↑ life data according to Pamela Kalte u. a. American Men and Women of Science, Thomson Gale 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mountjoy, Eric W. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mountjoy, Eric Walter (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Calgary |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 18, 2010 |
| Place of death | Montreal |