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Hu Gabrielse

1926 – 2024

Canadian geologist

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Lived 1926 – 2024 (aged 98). Hu Gabrielse was a Canadian geologist.

Hubert Gabrielse (March 1, 1926 – March 11, 2024) was a Canadian geologist who worked for the Geological Survey of Canada. He devoted much of his more than 50 years in geosciences to regional geological mapping in the American Cordillera of British Columbia, southeast Yukon and southwest District of Mackenzie. His work has led to syntheses of the geological evolution of the northern Cordillera range.

Gabrielse published several papers with Stewart Blusson in the late 1960s. He was a contributor to Lithoprobe.

Gabrielse died in West Vancouver on March 11, 2024, at the age of 98.

One of the volcanoes found in the Tuya Volcanic Field is named after him, Gabrielse Cone.

Awards 1990, awarded the Ambrose Medal by the Geological Association of Canada 2000, awarded the Logan Medal by the Geological Association of Canada

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Ambrose Medal; Logan Medal
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Who was Hu Gabrielse?

Canadian geologist

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Hu Gabrielse was born on 1 March 1926 in Golden.

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Hu Gabrielse died on 11 March 2024.

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Hu Gabrielse was a geologist.

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Hu Gabrielse was Canadian.

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· Wikidata: Q5924641

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