LONG
Gordon West is a giant among the world's exploration geophysicists, a pioneering explorer of the Precambrian crust, and winner of the Maurice Ewing Medal of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. His co-invention of the phenomenally successful UTEM system for mineral exploration is but one example of his creativity. Major mineral discoveries in different countries have been credited to UTEM. Novel papers in surface and borehole seismology, gravity and magnetics have flowed from West. He has supervised over 65 M.Sc. and Ph.D. students and his classic text, Interpretation Theory in Applied Geophysics (co-authored with F.S. Grant), is used world-wide.

SHORT
Gordon West is a giant among the world's exploration geophysicists and a pioneering explorer of the Precambrian crust. He is the author of numerous novel papers in surface and borehole seismology, gravity and magnetics. His co-invention of the phenomenally successful UTEM system for mineral exploration is but one example of his creativity.