Michael Robert Dence, FRSC OC[1][2] is a Canadian academic and physicist specializing in impact structures.

Dence was a geologist at the Dominion Observatory and a pioneer in the research of impact craters on the Canadian shield. Known for making the first good estimates of the cratering rate on the earth in Phanerozoic time from studies of impact structures in Canada and Europe.[3]

Dence received the Barringer Medal in 1988.[4] Dence also served as the Executive Director of the Royal Society of Canada, beginning in 1986.[4]

Minor planet 4340 Dence is named in his honour.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Order of Canada Recipients". Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Mr. Michael Robert Dence". Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "(4340) Dence". (4340) Dence In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. 2003. p. 372. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_4292. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7.
  4. 1 2 R. S. Dietz (September 1988). "Barringer Medal citation for Michael R. Dence". Meteoritics. 23 (3): 317–317. Bibcode:1988Metic..23..317D. ISSN 0026-1114. Wikidata Q101634288.
  5. ↑ "4340 Dence (1986 JZ)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 3 May 2018.


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