- Alfred Kröner
Professor Alfred Kröner (8 September 1939 in
Kassel, Germany ) is a Professor of Geology atJohannes Gutenberg University of Mainz inMainz, Germany . He specializes in thepre-Cambrian geology of Africa.The
American Journal of Science , published byYale University , in dedicating a special issue to him on his 60th birthday, [ "American Journal of Science, Dec. 2001 [http://earth.geology.yale.edu/~ajs/2001/Dec/qn44t10000J2.PDF PDF] ] said that it wascelebrated with a symposium in Mainz. It was here at the Johannes Gutenberg-University that Alfred was appointed full Professor of Geology in 1977. Since then ... he continues to conduct his activities over several continents as a truly cosmopolitan geoscientist of overwhelming efficiency, recognized and appreciated worldwide in the Geoscience community.
Publications
Books
*"Late Precambrian formations in the western Richtersveld, Northern Cape Province" by A Kröner [Cape Town] : Precambrian Research Unit, University of Cape Town, 1974. ISBN: 0799201162
*"Precambrian plate tectonics" by A Kröner. Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co. ; New York : Elsevier North-Holland [distributor] , 1981. ISBN 0444419101
*"Field Geology of High-Grade Gneiss Terrains" : C. W. Passchier, , Myers, JS, and Kroner, A. Springer-Verlag, 1990, (ISBN 3-540-53053-3).
*Precambrian tectonics illustrated" by Alfred Kröner; Reinhard Greiling; International Union of Geological Sciences. Stuttgart : Schweizerbart, 1984. ISBN 3510651189 9783510651184
*" Archaean Geochemistry: The Origin and Evolution of the Archaean Continental Crust" GN Hanson, AM Goodwin, A Kröner - 1984
*"Geology of Northeast Africa" H Schandelmeier, RJ Stern, A Kröner - 1994 - Springer InternationalReferences
External links
* [http://www.staff.uni-mainz.de/kroener/ Official website at Mainz]
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