Person

Binns, Raymond (Ray) (1937 - )

Born: 1937
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Geologist

Summary

Ray Binns is a geologist who is an Honorary Research Fellow in CSIRO Exploration and Mining and a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University. He was employed as a research scientist with the CSIRO from 1977 to 2002.

He is renowned for his research into deep sea-bed ore deposits, begun in 1986 and resulting in the discovery of many mineral rich sea floor deposits.

Details

Chronology

c. 1956 - 1959: Education - Bachelor of Science, University of Sydney
1959: Award - University Medal in Geology and Geophysics, University of Sydney
c. 1959 - 1962: Education - Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Mineralogy and Petrology, the University of Cambridge, England
1962 - 1970: Career position - Lecturer in Geology, University of New England, New South Wales
1971 - 1977: Career position - Lecturer in Geology, University of Western Australia

Published resources

Resources

'Binns, Raymond (1937-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1491908. Details

Resource Sections

Ward, C., 'Raymond (Ray) Binns', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Binns-Raymond. Details

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