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NICHOLAS
McCAVE (1999)
The
recipient of the A.G. Huntsman Award for 1999 is Prof. I. Nicholas McCave
of the University of Cambridge, UK. This major Canadian award recognizes
Dr. McCave's many seminal contributions to the evolution of a
processed-based understanding of fine-sediment grain size distributions in
the sea. His efforts to unravel the environmental record stored in muds
have yielded insights that extend beyond marine sedimentology and into the
broader field of marine particle dynamics and physical oceanography. His
dedicated pursuit of mechanistic understanding of fine-sediment dynamics
has led to important contributions in a wide range of marine sedimentary
environments ranging from the nearshore to the deep sea. His
groundbreaking theory and observations of fine-sediment deposition,
aggregation and hydrodynamic sorting continue to advance a field that in
general has suffered from reliance on empirical calibration of poorly
parameterized models. His work has led to greater understanding of
phytoplankton bloom dynamics, vertical particle flux in the sea (a key
element of the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study), and the kinematics of
deep-sea circulation in the ancient ocean. |
