Donald Canfield
Donald Canfield | |
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| Born | Donald Eugene Canfield November 14, 1957 |
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| Known for | Canfield ocean |
| Spouse | Marianne prip Olsen |
| Awards | Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2007), knight of the Order of the Dannebrog (2021) |
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| Thesis | Sulfate reduction and the diagenesis of iron in anoxic marine sediments (1988) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Berner |
| Website | www |
Donald Eugene Canfield (born 1957) is an American geochemist and Professor of Ecology at the University of Southern Denmark known for his work on the evolution of Earth's atmosphere and oceans. The Canfield ocean, a sulfidic partially oxic ocean existing during the middle of the Proterozoic eon, is named after him.