Neil D. Opdyke

• Paleomagnetism and its application to tectonics and magnetostratigraphy. • Paleoclimatology and paleogeography of the Phanerozoic. == Education ==

• B.A., Columbia University, 1955 • D.Sc., University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1982 • Ph.D., Durham University, England, 1958 == Memberships and distinctions ==

• European Geosciences Union Petrus Peregrinus Medal 2008 for pioneering work in magnetic stratigraphy of marine and continental sediments and its contribution to our understanding of the history of the magnetic field and its geological applications. • National Academy of Sciences, 1996 • American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1998 • Geological Society of America, fellow • American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow • American Geophysical Union, Fellow • American Geophysical Union John Adam Fleming Medal 1996 == References ==