Jan Veizer

Ján Veizer, born in Slovakia, is an emeritus professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Ottawa and holder of the NSERC/Noranda/CIFAR Industrial Chair in Earth System Isotope and Environmental Geochemistry. He is an award-winning isotope geochemist; his research intersts have included the use of chemical and isotopic techniques in determining Earth's climatic and environmental history [ [http://www.nserc.ca/partners/profile_detail_e.asp?pid=160 NSERC - Chairholder Profile ] ] .

Dr. Veizer has received the 1987 W.W. Hutchison Medal for young individuals making exceptional advances in Canadian earth science research; the 1991 Willet G. Miller Medal for outstanding contributions in geology; the 1992 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize,which carried a 1.55 million euro value, awarded for understanding of the geochemistry of sediments; the 1995 Logan Medal which is the Geological Association of Canada's highest honour [http://www.esd.mun.ca/~gac/MEDALS/medal.html] ; the 2000 Bancroft Award for contributions furthering the public understanding of the Earth sciences.

He has researched global warming but attributes more of the warming to non-human influences. [http://www.ciar.ca/web/home.nsf/pages/home.0363] However this research has been criticized [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3419975.stm] and the cosmic ray theory put forward by Veizer is supported by few other scientists.

elected publications

Veizer, Ján; Hoefs, Jochen, The nature of O-18 /O-16 and C-13 /C-12 secular trends in sedimentary carbonate rocks, 1976, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 40, Issue 11, pp.1387-1395. [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1976GeCoA..40.1387V Abstract]

J Veizer, SL Jansen: Basement and sedimentary recycling and continental evolution. Journal of Geology 87:341–370, 1979

Uwe Brand and Jan Veizer: Chemical diagenesis of a multicomponent carbonate system; 1, Trace elements, Journal of Sedimentary Research; December 1980; v. 50; no. 4; p. 1219-1236.

Jan Veizer, Trace elements and isotopes in sedimentary carbonates, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry; January 1983; v. 11;1; p. 265-299

Veizer, J. et al., 87Sr/86Sr, 13C and 18O evolution of Phanerozoic seawater. Chem. Geol. 161, 59-88 (1999).

Veizer, J., Godderis, Y. & Francois. L.M., Evidence for decoupling of atmospheric CO2 and global climate during the Phanerozoic eon. Nature 408, 698-701 (2000)

ee also

* List of scientists opposing global warming consensus

References

External links

* [http://www.science.uottawa.ca/~veizer/default.html Jan Veizer, University of Ottawa]
* [http://www.nserc.ca/partners/profile_detail_e.asp?pid=160 Jan Veizer, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada]
* [http://www.rsc.ca/index.php?lang_id=1&page_id=145#TOC3 Jan Veizer award citation, 2000] , Royal Society of Canada
* [http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2000/12/07/climate_study001207.html "Canadian scientist rocks climate change boat"] , CBC News article, 12-7-2000. Accessed 2/24/08