ANNICK PUJOS
Annick Pujos died of cancer on July 31, 1992. Though she informed me of her illness a few
years ago, It was with shock that I received the sad news. So great was her courage and love forher research that she kept on working till the final week of her life, as shown from the mail I
received from her after she passed away. Her determination not to give up in front of this terrible
disease was evident from her enthusiastic plans for future research projects and prospective
collaborations. Never did I hear Annick complaining about her physical state, nor did she
mention her illness as an explanation for any short drops in her otherwise great activity. She hid
her physical pain behind an unfailing good humour, and a great pride.
Annick Pujos accomplished her career entirely at the University of Bordeaux. After
submitting her doctoral thesis, she entered the Dept of Geology in 1966 as a benthonic foraminifera-specialist, but quickly orientated her work toward nannofossils. Among her achievements
are her works on the biostratigraphical value of the various morphotypes of Gephyrocapsa, her
input to the scientific results of DSDP Legs 80 and 85, and the use of the transfer function
technique on nannofossil census-counts for paleoceanographical reconstruction. In her latest
works she looked at the spatio-temporal distribution of some (Quaternary coccoliths, and applieda new transfer function on Plio-Pleistocene nannofossils from the northwestern margin of tropicalAfrica. I am very proud that I was given the chance to work at her side for the last five years. I
will deeply miss her.
Jacques Giraudeau, Cape Town.
BIBLIOGRAPHY- of Annick Pujos' papers on calcareous nannofossils.
Pujos-Larny A., 1977: Emiliania et Gephyrocapsa (nannoplancton calcaire): biometrie et interet biostratigraphiquedans les Pleistocene Superieur marin des Acores. Revta. esp. Micropalaeont., 9, 69-84.
Pujos-Larny A. 1977: Essai d'etablissement d'une biostratigraphie du nannoplancton calcaire dans le Pleiosticene del'Atlantique nord-ortiental. Boreas, 6, 323-331.
Pujos A., 1985: Nannofossils from Quaternary deposits in the high-productivity area of the Central Equatorial Pacific,
DSDP Leg 85. /nit. Rep. Deep Sea drill. Proj., 85, 553-578.
Pujos A., 1985: Quaternary nannofossils from Goban Spur, Eastern North Atlantic, DSDP Holes 548-549A. /nit. Rep.
Deep Sea drill. Proj., 80/2, 792-797.
Pujos A. 1985: Cenozoic nannofossils from the central equatorial Pacific, DSDP Leg 85. IRDSDP, 85, 581-607.
Pujos A. 1987: Late Eocene to PleistOcene medium-sized and small-sized "Reticulofenestrids". In, Stradner H. &Perch-Nielsen K. (eds.): Procs. Int. Nannoplankton Ass. Meeting, Vienna 1985. Abh. geol. Bundesanst., 3 9,239-277.
Pujos A. 1987: Mise en place de la circulation du Pacifique central equatorial et des assemblages des nannofossiles
calcaire au Neogene (Leg DSDP 85). I Influence de la glaciation antarctique entre 15 et 7 Ma BP. Bull. Soc. geol.
France, Ser.B, 3/3, 431-439.
Pujos A. 1987: Mise en place de la circulation du Pacifique central equatorial et des assemblages des nannofossiles
calcaire au Neogene (Leg DSDP 85). IT Influence de l'emerson de l'isthme de panarna, entre 7 et 2 Ma BP. Bull.
Soc. geol. France, Ser.8, 3/4, 731-736.
Pujos A. 1988: Spatio-temporal distribution of some Quaternary cocoliths. Oceanologica acta, 212, 65-77
Giraudeau~ J., & Pujos, A., 1990: Calcareous nannofossils based transfer function in Caribbean Pleistocene sediments.
Oceanol. Acta, 13/4, 453-469.
Pujos, A., & Larnia B.1991: The Quaternary Prinsiaceae (calcareous nannofossils) in a core from the Mozambique
Channel: Are these essential stratigraphical markers influenced by external forcing?Bull. Inst. Geol. Bassind'Aquitaine, Bordeaux, 50: 71-78.
Pujos A. 1992: Calcareous nannofossils and the <25j.im fraction in Quaternary sediments of the subtropical N.E.
Atlantic Ocean. Mem. Sci. Geol. 43
Pujos A., 1992: Calcareous nannofossils of Plio-Pleistocene sediments from the nortth western margin of tropicalAfrica. In, Summerhayes, C.P. et al. (eds.), "Upwelling systems: evolution since the early Miocene". Geol.
Soc. Spec. Pub/., 64, 343-358.

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