Thomas Edvard Krogh

Geologist, Academic

1936 – 2008

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Who was Thomas Edvard Krogh?

Thomas Edvard "Tom" Krogh, FRSC was a geochronologist and a former curator for the Royal Ontario Museum. He revolutionized the technique of radiometric uranium-lead dating with the development of new laboratory procedures and analytical methodologies. His discoveries have yielded an unprecedented level of precision in the dating of Precambrian rocks. Krogh's techniques have become the international defacto standard. The application of these techniques has provided a detailed understanding of the evolution of the Earth's Precambrian shield areas.

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Born
1936
Nationality
  • Canada
Profession
Education
  • Queen's University
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Employment
  • University of Toronto
Lived in
  • Peterborough
Died
Apr 29, 2008

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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