The Clair C. Patterson Award, for a recent innovative breakthrough in environmental geochemistry of fundamental significance, published in a peer-reviewed journal, will normally be made annually at the V. M. Goldschmidt Conference.
Go to Make a Nomination for eligibility and nomination requirments.
| Year | Medalist | Citationist | Published Speech |
| 2012 |
Stefan Schouten |
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| 2011 |
Jeffrey P. Severinghaus |
Boaz Luz |
.. |
| 2010 |
Robert F. Anderson |
Jerry McManus |
.. |
| 2009 |
Boaz Luz |
Yehoshua Kolodny |
.. |
| 2008 |
William Sunda |
Brad Tebo |
GCA v.73/13S pp.S10-S12 |
| 2007 |
Gordon E. Brown, Jr. |
George Helz |
GCA v.72/12S pp.S9-S11 |
| 2006 |
Fred T. MacKenzie |
John Morse |
GCA v.71/15S pp.S14-S18 |
| 2005 |
Kenneth Bruland |
Margaret Delaney |
.. |
| 2004 |
George W. Luther, III |
David Rickard |
GCA v.70/18S pp.S13-S15 |
| 2003 |
William F. Fitzgerald |
W. Berry Lyons |
GCA v.68/9 pp.1959-1962 |
| 2002 |
Henry Elderfield |
Alex N. Halliday |
GCA v.67/13 pp.2309-2311 |
| 2001 |
Francois M.M. Morel |
Dianne K. Newman |
GCA v.66/4 pp.553-555 |
| 2000 |
Edward A. Boyle |
Henry Elderfield |
GCA v.65/6 pp.1007-1010 |
| 1999 |
R. Lawrence Edwards |
G.J. Wasserburg |
GCA v.64/4 pp.755-761 |
| 1998 |
Michael L. Bender |
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