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Miriam Kastner

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Miriam Kastner · Science & Medicine

What

Marine geochemist known for research on sediment and mineral diagenesis and gas hydrates

When

1935, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)

Where

Czechoslovakia · Israel · United States

Biography

Miriam Kastner is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Marine geochemist known for research on sediment and mineral diagenesis and gas hydrates

How & why

Miriam Kastner is a marine geochemist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography whose research on the diagenesis of marine sediments and minerals, on hydrothermal systems and on methane gas hydrates advanced understanding of the seafloor and the carbon cycle. Born in Bratislava and raised in Israel, she is of Jewish background.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science

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Marine geochemist known for research on sediment and mineral diagenesis and gas hydrates

1935

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science