Randall R. Parrish
Randall R. Parrish | |
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| Alma mater | Middlebury College (BSc, 1974) University of British Columbia (MSc, 1977; PhD, 1982) |
| Awards | Murchison Medal (2010) Schlumberger Medal (2010) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geochronology and isotope geology |
| Institutions | Canadian Geological Survey British Geological Survey |
| Thesis | Cenozoic thermal and tectonic history of the Coast Mountains of British Columbia: as revealed by fission track and geological data and quantitative thermal models (1982) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Lee Armstrong |
Randall Richardson Parrish is an isotope geologist, who has developed improved methods of dating minerals and rocks using isotope geochronology. He was awarded the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of London in 2010.