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EDOUARD
BARD (2005)
Dr.
Edouard Bard of the Université d'Aix-Marseille and Collège de France,
for his significant contributions to isotopic dating and proxy thermometry
techniques and their application to studies of the Earth's paleoclimate
and, in particular, its ice-age climate and sea level dynamics.
Dr.
Bard is a Professor and Chair of Climate and Ocean Evolution at the
Université d'Aix-Marseille and the Centre Européen de Recherche et
d'Enseigements des Géosciences de l'Environnement, and Professor of the
Collège de France in Paris. He holds an M.Sc. in Geological Engineering
and Applied Geochemistry from the University of Nancy and a Ph.D. in
Isotope Geochemistry from the University of Paris. Dr. Bard is a Fellow of
the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and the Geological Society of America
(GSA), a recipient of the AGU Macelwane Medal, the GSA Donath Medal and
the Bronze Medal of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, and
he has been elected to the prestigious Collège de France as a full
professor.
Dr.
Bard works at the interface of geology, oceanography and climatology. He
is a world-class expert in developing and using modern geochronology
techniques to measure and date paleoceanographic variations, particularly
the relatively-rapid but difficult-to-measure changes associated with
glacial periods. Dr. Bard's work in calibrating the radiocarbon time scale
using high-precision measurements of uranium and thorium in fossil corals
has led to important advances in each of paleontology, oceanography and
archaeology. His work on radiocarbon dating has made possible detailed
insights into deglaciation processes and sea level variability. Together,
these advances have provided important new knowledge concerning the
complex interactions within the ocean-atmosphere-cryosphere system,
particularly during the last ice age. Dr. Bard's work in determining the
relations between carbon and beryllium isotopes has provided the basis for
interpreting paleovariations in atmospheric carbon, ocean sedimentation,
ice cores and solar activity. His use of alkenone thermometry has advanced
the reconstruction of paleotemperature and paleoproductivity variations
from ocean sediments, particularly for mid- and low-latitude ocean
regions. In merging the "eye" of the geologist with the
quantitative rigour of the "actualistic" climatologist, Dr. Bard
is a leader in global change science.
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