Françoise Gasse

Françoise Gasse (born 1942;[1] died 22 April 2014[2]) was a French paleobiologist, paleoclimatologist and paleohydrologist, who specialized in the study of lacustrine sediments from ancient lakes from Africa[3][4][5] and Asia.[6][7] Her seminal work allowed the reconstruction of the Quaternary climate throughout Africa and western Asia and the African paleoclimate.[8][9][10]

Career

She earned her PhD in geology in 1975 from the University of Paris with a thesis on the evolution of Lake Abhé.[11] Her work became the first continuous dated African Pliocene-Pleistocene diatom record.[12] She entered the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and joined the Hydrology and Isotope Geochemistry lab of the Paris-Sud University in 1986, under the direction of professor Jean-Charles Fontes.[11] She moved to the Centre de Recherche et d’Enseignement de Géosciences de l’Environnement (CEREGE) in 1998.[11]

In 2005 she became the first woman to receive the Vega Medal from the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography.[13]

In 2010, she was awarded the Hans Oeschger Medal bestowed by the European Union of Geosciences for her "contribution to the reconstruction of climate variability during the Holocene from continental archives and to a better understanding of climate mechanisms involved during this period."[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Tropical Deserts and Lakes through time: Symposium in memory of Françoise Gasse". Centre de Recherche et d’Enseignement de Géosciences de l’Environnement. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  2. ↑ "Françoise Gasse". Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (in French). Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  3. ↑ Gasse, Françoise (2002-10-18). "Kilimanjaro's Secrets Revealed". Science 298 (5593): 548–549. doi:10.1126/science.1078561. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 12386320.
  4. ↑ Gasse, Françoise (2006). "Climate and hydrological changes in tropical Africa during the past million years". Comptes Rendus Palevol 5 (1–2): 35–43. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2005.09.012.
  5. ↑ Gasse, Françoise; Chalié, Françoise; Vincens, Annie; Williams, Martin A. J.; Williamson, David (2008-12-01). "Climatic patterns in equatorial and southern Africa from 30,000 to 10,000 years ago reconstructed from terrestrial and near-shore proxy data". Quaternary Science Reviews 27 (25–26): 2316–2340. Bibcode:2008QSRv...27.2316G. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.08.027.
  6. ↑ Gasse, Françoise; Arnold, M.; Fontes, J. C.; Fort, M.; Gibert, E.; Huc, A.; Bingyan, Li; Yuanfang, Li; Qing, Liu (1991-10-24). "A 13,000-year climate record from western Tibet". Nature 353 (6346): 742–745. Bibcode:1991Natur.353..742G. doi:10.1038/353742a0.
  7. ↑ Gasse, Françoise; Fontes, J. Ch.; Van Campo, E.; Wei, K. (1996-02-01). "Holocene environmental changes in Bangong Co basin (Western Tibet). Part 4: Discussion and conclusions". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. Environmental Changes in the Tibetan Plateau and Surrounding Areas 120 (1–2): 79–92. doi:10.1016/0031-0182(95)00035-6.
  8. ↑ "Françoise Gasse – IPA Lifetime Acheivement [sic] Award -- International Paleolimnology Association (IPA)". paleolim.org. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  9. ↑ Gasse, Françoise; Téhet, Régis; Durand, A.; Gibert, Elisabeth; Fontes, Jean-Charles (1990-07-12). "The arid-humid transition in the Sahara and the Sahel during the last deglaciation". Nature 346 (6280): 141–146. Bibcode:1990Natur.346..141G. doi:10.1038/346141a0.
  10. ↑ Gasse, Françoise; Fontes, J.C.; Plaziat, J.C.; Carbonel, P.; Kaczmarska, I.; Deckker, P. De; Soulié-Marsche, I.; Callot, Y.; Dupeuble, P.A. (1987). "Biological remains, geochemistry and stable isotopes for the reconstruction of environmental and hydrological changes in the holocene lakes from North Sahara". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 60: 1–46. doi:10.1016/0031-0182(87)90022-8.
  11. 1 2 3 Gasse, Françoise (2013-05-26). "Reminiscences and acknowledgements from a lover of deserts near the end of her professional life" (PDF). Journal of Paleolimnology 51 (1): 139–144. doi:10.1007/s10933-013-9699-5. ISSN 0921-2728.
  12. ↑ Gasse, Françoise (1977-01-06). "Evolution of Lake Abhé (Ethiopia and TFAI), from 70,000 b.p". Nature 265 (5589): 42–45. Bibcode:1977Natur.265...42G. doi:10.1038/265042a0.
  13. ↑ "Words from Dr. Florence Sylvestre on the passing of Françoise Gasse -- International Paleolimnology Association (IPA)". paleolim.org. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  14. ↑ "EGU – Awards & Medals – Hans Oeschger Medal – Françoise Gasse". European Geosciences Union (EGU). Retrieved 2015-11-09.


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