Lawrence Alexander Hardie
Lawrence Alexander Hardie | |
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Lawrence A. Hardie in 2004 | |
| Born | Lawrence Alexander Hardie January 13, 1933 |
| Died | December 17, 2013 (aged 80) Seaside, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Johns Hopkins University |
| Alma mater | University of Natal, RSA Johns Hopkins University, US (Ph.D.) |
| Spouse | Glenys Kathleen Hardie (1961-) |
| Children | Deborah Buettner Russell Hardie |
| Awards | Francis J. Pettijohn Medal for Excellence by the Society for Sedimentary Geology in 2003. |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geology, Sedimentology, Geochemistry |
| Institutions | Johns Hopkins University Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences professor 1965–2013, chair 1992–1995, 2004–2006 |
| Doctoral advisor | Hans P. Eugster Francis J. Pettijohn |
Lawrence Alexander Hardie (January 13, 1933 – December 17, 2013) was an American geologist, sedimentologist, and geochemist .
Hardie was a professor at Johns Hopkins University in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. His research topics included evaporites, dolomitization, cyclical deposition of carbonate sediments, and plate tectonic driven changes in seawater chemistry. In the latter, he proposed that changes in the seafloor spreading rates at mid-ocean ridges have altered the composition of seawater throughout earth history, producing oscillations in the mineralogy of carbonate and evaporite precipitates. Specifically citing these scientific contributions, the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) awarded him the Francis J. Pettijohn Medal in 2003.