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Jul 03, 1859 Lyon, Auvergne Rhône Alpes, France Died on 23 Oct 1930 (aged 71)
French geologist
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About Pierre Marie Termier
- Pierre-Marie Termier (July 3, 1859 – October 23, 1930) was a French geologist. He was born in Lyon, in Rhône, France, the son of Joseph François Termier and Jeanne Mollard.
- At the age of 18 he entered the Polytechnic School, then the Paris School of Mines in 1880.
- After graduation, he became professor at the school of mines at Saint-Etienne.
- In 1894 he left for Paris, where he would teach for the remainder of his career. He was elected as a member of the French Academy of Sciences in 1909, in the mineralogy section.
- Two years later he became the director of the French geological cartography service.
- In 1930 he became vice-president of the Academy. During his career he performed geological studies of the Alps, as well as Corsica and North Africa.
- He was a proponent of the nappe concept and of tectonics as a mountain-building force. The wrinkle ridge Dorsum Termier on the Moon is named after him.
