Jean Tricart, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French geographer (1920-2003)
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Place of Birth: Montmorency, Île-de-France, France
About Jean Tricart
- Jean Tricart (16 September 1920 – 6 May 2003) was a French geomorphologist.
- In 1948 he became professor at the University of Strasbourg where he remained for the rest of his career.
- The Tricart's doctoral thesis dealt with the Paris Basin and resulted in a publication acclaimed in France.
- He collaborated often with his friend André Cailleux.
- Beginning in 1962 he and Callieux published a band of five works on the subject of geomorphology and climate, publishing the last one in 1974.
- The bulk of his works were published in French.Tricart considered that he had, 'a broad systems approach to landform genesis.'.
- This paper is response to Denys Brunsden's 'Tablets of Stone'.
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