Raymond Alexander Price, OC, FRSC (born March 25, 1933) is an award winning Canadian geologist. He has used his research on the structure and tectonics of North America’s lithosphere to produce extensive geological maps. He has also provided guidance for nuclear fuel waste disposal and reports on the human contribution to Global warming.
Price was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He obtained his BSc in Geology from the University of Manitoba i...
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Raymond Alexander Price, OC, FRSC (born March 25, 1933) is an award winning Canadian geologist. He has used his research on the structure and tectonics of North America’s lithosphere to produce extensive geological maps. He has also provided guidance for nuclear fuel waste disposal and reports on the human contribution to Global warming.
Price was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He obtained his BSc in Geology from the University of Manitoba in 1955. He completed two more degrees in geology at Princeton University; an A.M. in 1957 and a PhD in 1958.
In 1958, Price began working in the Petroleum Geology Section of the Geological Survey of Canada. For the next ten years he studied the structure and tectonics of the Cordillera of western Canada, mapping its geological features.
In 1968, he left the Geological Survey to work at Queen’s University as an Associate Professor. Between 1972 and 1977, he was the Head of the Department of Geological Sciences. From 1978 to 1980, Price was a...
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