2011 – David H. Green
Professor, Centre for Ore Deposit and Exploration Studies, School of Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia. Now Honory Associate and Emeritus Professor.
David H. Green has been adept at selecting significant petrological observations or hypotheses and devising experimental strategies to investigate them and became one of the most influential mantle petrologists. His early work with C. E. Tilley led to the creation of the “pyrolite” model, a prediction of the petrological character of the upper mantle. He has since studied a wide range of topics, including mineral assemblages of peridotites and basalts at high pressures, the experimental calibration of mineral geothermometers and geobarometers, the reasons for compositional variability of basaltic magmas including the roles of carbon and hydrogen, the genesis of carbonatite magmas, the identification of carbonatite metasomatism in the Earth’s lithosphere, the origins of and relationships among lunar basalts, and the nature of the lunar interior.