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Quay, Paul Douglas was born on October 10, 1949 in New York City.
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Paul Douglas Quay
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Paul Douglas Quay, American Oceanography educator. Achievements include determination of ocean mixing rates by using radiocarbon distribution, modeling global carbon dioxide and radiocarbondistributions in nature studying the geochemistry of lakes, rivers and marine systems using naturally occurring radioisotopes, chemical oceanography. Recipient Newcomb Cleveland prize American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1991-1992.
Education
Bachelor, CUNY, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy in Geology, Columbia University, 1977.
Career
Research associate geology, Quaternary Research Center, 1977-1980; from assistant professor to professor department Geology, U. Washington, Seattle, since 1980.
