Christopher Anne Suczek
Christopher Anne Suczek | |
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| Born | September 6, 1942 Detroit, Michigan |
| Died | April 10, 2014 (aged 71) Bellingham, Washington |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley Stanford University |
| Known for | Sedimentary Geologist Professor Emeritus, Western Washington University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Sedimentary petrology Plate Tectonics |
Christopher Anne Suczek (September 6, 1942 – April 10, 2014) was a sedimentary geologist who specialized in sedimentary petrology and plate tectonics. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1972 and later went on to get her PhD in Geology from Stanford University in 1977. She is best known for her contribution in determining the correlation between sedimentary deposits and plate tectonics. By the 1980s the exploration of hydrocarbons and a continuation of tectonic studies in the Pacific Northwest area of the United States led to a need of increased knowledge of the Tertiary sedimentary basins and Suczek's mapping of the area.