About Shen-su Sun
Lived 1943 – 2005 (aged 61–62). Shen-su Sun was a geologist.
Shen-su Sun (; 27 October 1943 – 5 March 2005) was a Chinese-born Australian geochemist.
Sun was born in Fuzhou, Fujian, China. He earned his bachelor's degree in geology from National Taiwan University, and obtained his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1973. From 1981 to 1999, he was a research professor in Bureau of Mineral Resources of Australia. He did significant work in lead, oxygen and sulfur isotope geochemistry.
Sun died in Canberra, Australia on 5 March 2005.
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