Geneviève Termier
Geneviève Termier , née Delpey, (born April 2, 1917 in Paris , † May 27, 2005 in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse near Paris) was a French paleontologist and geologist .
Geneviéve Termier was at the Sorbonne from 1937 , where she dealt with the early evolution of molluscs, starting with the shellfish to the gastropods. She initially conducted research in the Middle East with L. Dubertret and published her dissertation on Mesozoic gastropods in Lebanon in 1939. In 1942 she went to Morocco, where she began working with Henri Termier , whom she married in 1942 and with whom she had a son Michel, born in 1945. Even then she was working for the CNRS , where she became the research director.
With Henri Termier she published numerous books, including a monograph on the geology and paleontology of Morocco. Both embraced plate tectonics early in the 1960s and invited Keith Runcorn to give lectures in Paris, where Henri Termier held the chair in geology.
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References and comments
- ↑ For a list of their joint books see Henri Termier
- ↑ In their 1956 book on the evolution of the lithosphere, they suggested subduction zones
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| SURNAME | Termier, Geneviève |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Delpey, Geneviève (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French paleontologist and geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 27, 2005 |
| Place of death | Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse |