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Françoise Gasse

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French paleobiologist, climatologist and hydrologist, first woman to receive the Vega Medal from the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography

FranceLived 1942 to 2014 · aged 72
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Françoise Gasse was a French paleobiologist, paleoclimatologist and paleohydrologist. She specialized in environmental phenomena and more specifically the study of lacustrine sediments from ancient lakes in Africa and Asia region. F.

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Awards 2

2010Hans Oeschger Medal
2005Vega Medal

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Françoise Gasse was a French paleobiologist, paleoclimatologist and paleohydrologist. She specialized in environmental phenomena and more specifically the study of lacustrine sediments from ancient lakes in Africa and Asia region. F. Gasse had special impact in starting the first research projects that aim at rebuilding paleoclimatic variations and Quaternary paleoenvironments in different regions and precisely: the Sahara and the Sahel, East Africa and Madagascar, Western (Caspian) and Southern (Tibet), and in the Middle East (Lebanon). She was a member of PAGES / The International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme.

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France
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1942 to 2014 · aged 72
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