Julian Pearce (geochemist)

{{Short description|British geochemist}}

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| fields = Geochemistry

| workplaces = Cardiff University
Open University
Newcastle University
Durham University

| alma_mater = Selwyn College, Cambridge
University of East Anglia

| thesis_title = Some relationships between the geochemistry and tectonic setting of basic volcanic rocks

| thesis_url = https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.468521

| thesis_year = 1973

| doctoral_advisor = Johnson Cann{{cite web|title=2014 Awards: Citations and Replies|url=https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/About/History/Awards-Citations-Replies-2001-Onwards/2014-Awards-Citations-replies|website=Geological Society of London|access-date=8 March 2016}}

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| awards = Bigsby Medal (1993)
Murchison Medal (2014)

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Julian Anthony Pearce is a geochemist who is currently professor emeritus at Cardiff University.{{cite web|title=Honorary and Emeritus staff|url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/earth-ocean-sciences/people/honorary-and-emeritus-staff|website=Cardiff University|access-date=8 March 2016}}

He graduated with a first-class degree in natural sciences from Selwyn College, Cambridge, in 1970 and completed his PhD at the University of East Anglia in 1973.{{cite web|title=Seminar - When did plate tectonics start on Earth: Evidence from the volcanic record|url=http://www.earthsciences.hku.hk/news-and-events/seminars/when-did-plate-tectonics-start-on-earth-evidence-from-the-volcanic-record|website=University of Hong Kong|access-date=8 March 2016}} He best known for his work on ophiolites, island arcs and the geochemical fingerprinting of rocks and minerals.

He was awarded the Bigsby Medal of the Geological Society of London in 1993 and the Murchison Medal in 2014. He has an h-index of 79 according to Google Scholar.{{cite web |title=Julian A. Pearce |url=https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=c3GcM_0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao |website=Google Scholar |access-date=6 July 2021}}