Robert Garrels

Geologist, Author

1916 – 1988

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Who was Robert Garrels?

Robert Minard Garrels was an American geochemist. Garrels applied experimental physical chemistry data and techniques to geology and geochemistry problems. The book Solutions, Minerals, and Equilibria co-authored in 1965 by Garrels and Charles L. Christ revolutionized aqueous geochemistry.

Garrels earned a bachelor's degree in geology from The University of Michigan in 1937. He went on to earn an M.S. degree from Northwestern in 1939, his thesis work was on iron ores of Newfoundland in 1938. His Ph.D was awarded in 1941 based on lab studies of complex formation between lead and chloride ions in aqueous solution.

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Born
Aug 24, 1916
Detroit
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Northwestern University
  • University of Michigan
Employment
  • University of HawaiĘ»i
  • Harvard University
Died
Mar 8, 1988
St. Petersburg

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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