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Kölner Forum Geol. Paläont., 19 (2011)
M. ARETZ, S. DELCULÉE, J. DENAYER & E. POTY (Eds.)
Abstracts, 11th Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria and Sponges, Liège, August 19-29, 2011
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very shallow water carbonates changing cyclically from high- energy to low energy facies, thus biostromal
in part.
Fig. 1: North-south cross section of the Middle Frasnian of the Dinant Basin restored to horizontal. 1) biostromal Is.,
2) dolomitic ls., 3) dolomite, 4) bioherman Is., 5) shale, 6) Upper Frasnian, F3 cover.
M. LECOMPTE was a scientist driven to succeed. He was a near personification of the ficticious but clearly
Walloon, Belgian detective Hercule Poirot (Agatha Christie), a short, somewhat stout man in a dark suit
and vest, a smoker who walked along with his hands clasped behind his back, an indefatiguable mind,
incisive, with a ready sense of humor that was slight in the presence of strangers, but very well-developed
and apparent when among friends. In addition he had a huge heart. One of my most vivid memories of M.
LECOMPTE was him standing on the sidewalk in Prague in August of 1968, as invading tanks rumbled past
us on the street. He had tears in his eyes and said to me, "This is just how it was in 1940." His compassion
for the underdog was immense. This was a man who smiled easily when he was happy, was demanding in
his professional life, enjoyed the presence of other scientists, truly enjoyed the café stop for beer after a day
in the field, and was extremely kind to his friends. He was a man who rose from humble beginnings to earn
international status as the leading student of his time in tabulate corals, stromatoporoid sponges and
Devonian reef development in Belgium.
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