William Compston

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William (Bill) Compston FAA, FRS (19 February 1931 – 16 May 2025) was an Australian geophysicist.[1][2][3][4] He was a visiting fellow at the Australian National University.[5]

Compston developed the sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP), for isotopic analyses of geological samples.[6] SHRIMP enabled the world's oldest rock to be identified in Western Australia.[7]

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