Alfred Kröner
Encyclopedia
Professor Alfred Kröner (8 September 1939 in Kassel, Germany ) is a retired Professor of Geology at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
in Mainz, Germany. He specializes in the pre-Cambrian geology of Africa.
The American Journal of Science
, published by Yale University
, in dedicating a special issue to him on his 60th birthday, said that it was
Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
The Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz is a university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany, named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg. With approximately 36,000 students in about 150 schools and clinics, it is among the ten largest universities in Germany...
in Mainz, Germany. He specializes in the pre-Cambrian geology of Africa.
The American Journal of Science
American Journal of Science
The American Journal of Science is the United States of America's longest-running scientific journal, having been published continuously since its conception in 1818 by Professor Benjamin Silliman, who edited and financed it himself...
, published by Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, in dedicating a special issue to him on his 60th birthday, said that it was
celebrated with a symposium in Mainz. It was here at the Johannes Gutenberg-University that Alfred was appointed full Professor of Geology in 1977. Since then ... he continues to conduct his activities over several continents as a truly cosmopolitan geoscientist of overwhelming efficiency, recognized and appreciated worldwide in the Geoscience community.
Books
- Late Precambrian formations in the western Richtersveld, Northern Cape Province by A Kröner [Cape Town] : Precambrian Research Unit, University of Cape Town, 1974. ISBN: 0799201162
- Precambrian plate tectonics by A Kröner. Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co. ; New York : Elsevier North-Holland [distributor], 1981. ISBN 0444419101
- Field Geology of High-Grade Gneiss Terrains : C. W. Passchier, , Myers, JS, and Kroner, A. Springer-Verlag, 1990, (ISBN 3-540-53053-3).
- Precambrian tectonics illustrated by Alfred Kröner; Reinhard Greiling; International Union of Geological Sciences. Stuttgart : Schweizerbart, 1984. ISBN 3510651189 9783510651184
- Archaean Geochemistry: The Origin and Evolution of the Archaean Continental Crust GN Hanson, AM Goodwin, A Kröner - 1984
- Geology of Northeast Africa H Schandelmeier, RJ Stern, A Kröner - 1994 - Springer International