Geological implications of impacts of large asteroids and comets on the earth / ed.
by Leon T. Silver, Peter H. Schultz, 1982
Information trouvée : En poste au California institute of technology, Pasadena, California, USA (en 1982)
Wikipedia, 2022-02-03
Information trouvée : Leon Theodore Silver (April 9, 1925 – January 31, 2022) was an American geologist
who was professor of geology at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
He was an instructor to the Apollo 13, 15, 16, and 17 astronaut crews. Working with
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), he taught astronauts how
to perform field geology, essentially creating lunar field geology as a new discipline.
His training is credited with a significant improvement in the J-Mission Apollo flights'
scientific returns. After the Apollo program, he became a member of the United States
National Academy of Sciences in 1974. He retired as the W. M. Keck Foundation Professor
for Resource Geology, emeritus, at Caltech.