The Steno Medal, created in 1969, is awarded b the Geological Society of Denmark to honor a prominent geologist. It was named after the Dane
Niels Steensen
Niels Steensen ( da, Niels Steensen; Latinized to ''Nicolaus Steno'' or ''Nicolaus Stenonius''; 1 January 1638 – 25 November 1686geological science. Steno (1638–1686) made groundbreaking contributions to
crystallography
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as well as
stratigraphy
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Stratigrap ...
, which are fundamental disciplines in geology.
The Steno medal is awarded every four to five years. It is constructed by the Royal court medalist Harald Salomon and stored at the Royal Danish Mint. The establishment of the medal was made possible through a gift from the mining company Kryolitselskabet Øresund A/S.
The medal has been awarded 9 times since 1969:
2015:
Janne Blichert-Toft
Janne Blichert-Toft is a geochemist, specializing in the use of isotopes with applications in understanding planetary mantle- crust evolution, as well as the chemical composition of matter in the universe. To further this research, Blichert-Tof ...
, France (high temperature geochemistry, petrology and geochronology)
2009:
Finn Surlyk
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, Denmark (sedimentology, palaeoecology, basin analysis in Greenland and Denmark)
1998:
Katharina von Salis Perch Nielsen
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John Callomon
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(fossils in East Greenlands Jura)
1989: Victor R. McGregor, New Zealand/Denmark/Greenland (basement geologi, Archaic in West Greenland)
1984:
Jörn Thiede
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, Germany (ocean sediments, North Atlantic)
1979:
Stephen Moorbath
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, U.K. (isotope geology, dating of West Greenland Precambrium)
1974:
John Haller
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* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second ...
List of geology awards
This list of geology awards is an index to articles on notable awards for geology, an earth science concerned with the solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Geology can also include the ...