Maurits Lindström
Maurits Lindström | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 May 1932 |
| Died | 14 November 2009 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Citizenship | Sweden |
| Awards | Årets geolog Pander Medal |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geology, Paleontology, Meteoritics |
| Institutions | Stockholm University |
Maurits Lindström (10 May 1932 – 14 November 2009) was a Swedish geologist and paleontologist. Lindström's initial work was divided among two topics conodont paleontology and the structural geology of the Scandinavian Caledonides in Lappland.[1]
In 1970, he described the conodont families Cordylodontidae, Gondolellidae, Proconodontidae and Rhipidognathidae.[2] In 1971, he described the conodont genera Baltoniodus, Microzarkodina and Paracordylodus.[3] Lindström published conodont studies up to 1987 after which he only supervised students working with conodonts.[1]
In the late 1980s Lindström begun to study ancient impact craters in the Fennoscandian Shield. His studies have confirmed earlier speculations that Tvären and Lockne are craters.[1]
Awards and tributes[edit]
In 1985 he became member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and in 2009 he was awarded the prize "Årets geolog" (Geologist of the Year) by Geosektionen of Naturvetarna.[4]
He received the Pander Medal awarded by the Pander Society, an informal organisation founded in 1967 for the promotion of the study of conodont palaeontology.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Bergström, Stig M.; Bergström, Jan; Kumpulainen, Risto; Ormö, Jens; Sturkell, Erik (2007). "Maurits Lindström – A renaissance geoscientist". GFF. 129 (2): 65–70. Bibcode:2007GFF...129...65B. doi:10.1080/11035890701292065. S2CID 140593975.
- ^ A suprageneric taxonomy of the conodonts. Maurits Lindström, Lethaia, Volume 3, Issue 4, pages 427–445, October 1970, doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1970.tb00834.x
- ^ Vom Anfang, Hochstand und Ende eines Epikontinentalmeeres. Maurits Lindström, Geologische Rundschau, March 1971, Volume 60, Issue 2, pages 419-438, doi:10.1007/BF02000464
- ^ "Geosektionens handlingar". Archived from the original on 2015-02-18. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
| Other | |
