Donald Canfield

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Donald Canfield is a geologist born in 1958, most famous for his work on ancient ocean chemistry. The Canfield ocean, a sulfidic partially oxic ocean existing between the Archean and Ediacaran periods, takes its name from his seminal paper.

He has been the director of the Nordic Center for Earth Evolution (NordCEE) since August 2006, and works at the University of Southern Denmark.

[edit] Notable publications

• Canfield, D.E.; Poulton, S.W.; Narbonne, G.M. (2007-01-05). "Late-Neoproterozoic Deep-Ocean Oxygenation and the Rise of Animal Life". Science 315 (5808): 92. doi:10.1126/science.1135013. PMID 17158290. 
• Canfield, D.E. (2004-12-01). "The evolution of the Earth surface sulfur reservoir". American Journal of Science 304 (10): 839. doi:10.2475/ajs.304.10.839. 

• Canfield, D.E.; Habicht, K.S.; Thamdrup, B. (2000-04-28). "The Archean Sulfur Cycle and the Early History of Atmospheric Oxygen". Science 288 (5466): 658. doi:10.1126/science.288.5466.658. PMID 10784446. 

• Canfield, D.E. (1998). "A new model for Proterozoic ocean chemistry". Nature 396 (6710): 450. doi:10.1038/24839. 

• Canfield, D.E.; Raiswell, R. (1999). "The evolution of the sulfur cycle". Am. J. Sci 299: 697–723. doi:10.2475/ajs.299.7-9.697. 

• Canfield, D.E.; Teske, A. (1996). "Late Proterozoic rise in atmospheric oxygen concentration inferred from phylogenetic and sulphur-isotope studies". Nature 382: 127–132. doi:10.1038/382127a0. 

[edit] External links

• Institute of Biology, University of Southern Denmark (2005-01-10). Donald E. Canfield. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
• University of Southern Denmark (2005-10-06). The travelling scientist. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.