About Mark F. Meier
Lived 1925 – 2012 (aged 86–87). Mark F. Meier was an American glaciologist, geologist and university teacher.
Mark F. Meier (December 19, 1925 – November 25, 2012) was an American glaciologist who was considered a leading expert on the study of rising sea levels due to the melting of glaciers. Meier was the Director of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) from 1985 to 1994 and remained the institute's director emeritus until his death in 2012. the Robert E. Horton Medal in 1996, three medals from the USSR Academy of Sciences (now the Russian Academy of Sciences) and the United States Department of the Interior's Distinguished Service Award.
Meier died in Boulder, Colorado, on November 25, 2012, at the age of 86.
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Who was Mark F. Meier?
American glaciologist
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Mark F. Meier was born in 1925.
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Mark F. Meier died on 25 November 2012.
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Mark F. Meier was a glaciologist, geologist and university teacher.
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