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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