Gunter Faure

Gunter Faure
Born1934
DiedJuly 12, 2025(2025-07-12) (aged 90–91)
Dublin, Ohio (USA)
EducationGeochemist
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Scientific career
InstitutionsOhio State University
Thesis (1961)

Gunter Faure was an American geochemist of Estonian origin. He was a scientist and teacher at the Ohio State University in the school of earth science. He obtained his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1961.[1] He died in Dublin, Ohio, on 12 July 2025.[2]

Books

  • Introduction to Planetary Science: The Geological Perspective, Gunter Faure and Teresa M. Mensing, Springer, 2007, 526 pp. ISBN 978-1402052330
  • Isotopes: Principles and Applications, Gunter Faure and Teresa M. Mensing, Wiley; 3rd edition, 2005.
  • Origin of Igneous Rocks: The Isotopic Evidence, Gunter Faure, Springer, 2000, 496 pp. ISBN 978-3540677727 (2010 reprint ISBN 978-3642087288)
  • Principles and Applications of Geochemistry, Gunter Faure, Prentice Hall, 1998, 2nd Ed., 625 pp. ISBN 978-0023364501
  • Principles and Applications of Inorganic Geochemistry, Gunter Faure, Macmillan, 1991, 500pp. ISBN 978-0023364419
  • The Transantarctic Mountains: Rocks, Ice, Meteorites and Water, Gunter Faure and Teresa M. Mensing, Springer, 2010, 804 pp. ISBN 978-1402084065

References

  1. ^ Gunter Faure at OSU
  2. ^ Harmon, Russell S.; Lyons, W. Berry (2025). "Obituary: Gunter Faure (1934–2025)". Applied Geochemistry 106538. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2025.106538. Retrieved 2025-09-06.


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