Frank S. Spear
Frank S. Spear | |
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| Alma mater | Amherst College (BA, 1971) University of California, Los Angeles (PhD, 1976) |
| Awards | Dana Medal (2008) Murchison Medal (2012) Walter H. Bucher Medal (2024) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Metamorphic Petrology |
| Institutions | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| Doctoral advisor | W. Gary Ernst |
Frank Spear is an American metamorphic petrologist, with particular expertise in the evolution of the Earth’s crust, and the quantification and modelling of pressure, temperature, time and deformation histories of metamorphic rocks. His work has been recognised with many awards, including the Dana Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America; the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of London and the Walter H. Bucher Medal of the American Geophysical Union.