Henri Fontaine (1924-2020) sinh tai Normandie, Phap, la mot nha truyen giao Giao hoi Cong giao Roma nguoi Phap. Ong cung la mot nha đia chat hoc va nha co sinh vat hoc thoi ky tien Đe Tam, chuyen gia san ho đai Co sinh, va nha khao co hoc . Hoat đong cua ong co nhieu gan bo voi Viet Nam va Đong Duong.


Tieu su Đuoc thua nhan trong Hoi Thua sai Paris va đuoc phong chuc nam 1948, ong đuoc chuyen đen Ha Noi (Viet Nam) nam 1951 lam giao su tai Petit Seminaire . Trong thoi gian đo, ong đa thuc hien nghien cuu san ho Devon o Đong Duong va Van Nam .
Nam 1954 Viet Nam chia cat thanh hai mien, ong thuc hien cuoc di doi So Đia chat Đong Duong tu Ha Noi vao Sai Gon, sau đo lam viec o So theo yeu cau cua chinh quyen Viet Nam Cong Hoa đen 1960.


= 1954-1975 =
Theo yeu cau cua Chinh phu Viet Nam Cong Hoa ong thanh lap va giam sat cong tac So Đia chat, sau đo nghien cuu ve đa voi va than đe phat trien nha may xi mang va mo than. Ong cung tien hanh nghien cuu cho cat silica mem rat tinh khiet cho cac nha may thuy tinh, va nguon nuoc khoang đe uong va chua benh . Nuoc khoang tu nguon Dangun (tinh Binh Thuan) đuoc khai thac va đong chai duoi nhan hieu Laska va dan nhan ten cua nguoi phat hien.
Ong đa xuat ban lai tap san hang nam Luu tru Đia chat Viet Nam (Archives geologiques du Viet Nam), ma nguoi đung đau So Đia chat Đong Duong la Edmond Saurin chi đao xuat ban lan đau tien tai Ha Noi nam 1952 . Tu nam đo cho đen nam 1975, 16 van đe khac đa đuoc tao ra theo trach nhiem cua ong.
Đau nam 1960, sau khi nhan bang tien si khoa hoc tai Đai hoc Paris (Sorbonne, Phap), ong đuoc chinh thuc bo nhiem lam chuyen gia đia chat tai So Đia chat do Vu Hop tac Van hoa va Ky thuat (Tong cuc Quan he Van hoa Khoa hoc va Ky thuat, Bo Ngoai giao Phap) ma ong co lien quan đen nam 1976.
Ong đa thanh lap bo mon Đia chat Đai hoc Hue va ho tro sinh vien sau đai hoc tai truong Đai hoc Khoa hoc Sai Gon.
Nghien cuu cua ong giup nang cao ban đo đia chat 1:2.000.000 Đong Duong , đa lam ro hon ve đia chat cac vung ven bien , cac hon đao Vinh Thai Lan , su hinh thanh boi tich Đe Tu phia tay bac Sai Gon ... No cung gop phan xay dung cac du an đap tren mot so con song bao gom La Nga, Đong Nai, kham pha khoang chat nang trong con cat o bo bien phia đong, va bauxite tren cao nguyen đat đo.
Qua cac nghien cuu thuc đia, ong đa kham pha ra di chi tien su Phuoc Tan (tren đuong Ba Ria), va khai quat nhung di chi khac nhu Ngai Thang, Cu lao Rua.... Nam 1971, cung voi Hoang Thi Than, ong kham pha va tim kiem nhung binh su o Phu Hoa (tinh Đong Nai) . Ong cung nghien cuu cac di chi khac nhu Dau Giay , Phan Thiet . Cac di chi Phu Hoa va Hoa Vinh thuoc Van hoa Sa Huynh .
Cuoi nam 1975, mot vai thang sau khi chien tranh Viet Nam cham dut, ong tro lai Phap.


= 1976-1977 =
Ong gia nhap Vien Đai Hoc Cong giao Paris va tiep tuc nghien cuu cua minh.


= 1978-2013 =
Vao cuoi nam 1978, ong đuoc chinh thuc bo nhiem la mot chuyen gia ve hop tac voi CCOP (Uy ban Đieu phoi cac Chuong trinh Khoa hoc Đia chat bien va ven bo o Đong va Đong Nam A, tieng Anh: Coordinating Committee for Coastal and Offshore Geoscience Programmes in East and Southeast Asia) co tru so tai Bangkok (Thai Lan) va đuoc Lien Hop Quoc bao tro cho đen nam 1991 . Tu nam 1973, CCOP thuc hien mot du an nghien cuu mang ten "Cac tiem nang ve dau khi truoc Đe Tam cua Khu vuc CCOP" (Pre-Tertiary Petroleum Potentials in the CCOP Region) voi su ho tro cua Chinh phu Phap, va cac chuyen gia đia chat va co sinh tien Đe Tam . Cuoi nam 1978, cha Fontaine đa tiep quan tu mot nha đia chat nguoi Phap khac, Andre Bonnet, va đa danh vai thang moi nam o Chau A .
Theo cac chuong trinh đa đinh truoc, ong thuc hien nhieu nghien cuu tai hien truong, cung voi cac nha đia chat hoc tu cac nuoc thanh vien CCOP (Campuchia, Trung Quoc, Han Quoc, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thai Lan). Đa thu hoach đuoc vai nghin mau. Tu đo cac lat mong đa đuoc chuan bi o Phap (tai Bao tang Lich su Tu nhien Quoc gia Phap) va sau đo la o Thai Lan. Ho đa đuoc nghien cuu o Phap voi su hop tac cua đong nghiep nguoi Phap. Ban than ong viet phan lon cac bai viet cua ong.
Nghien cuu cua ong cho phep kham pha va cung cap du lieu moi ve đia tang, co sinh vat va lich su đia ly cua Đong Nam A. Cac loai đa dang hat đuoc xac đinh lan đau tien tai cac đia điem khac nhau o phia đong, đong bac, tay bac va trung tam Thai Lan, tai mot so đia điem o Malaysia va Indonesia (Sumatra). Ky Permi đa đuoc nghien cuu chi tiet hon o cac nuoc nay va o Philippines. Ky Trias đa đuoc xac đinh thay vi Permi o mot so đia phuong o Thai Lan va Malaysia. Su hien dien cua tram tich bien Jura o phia tay Thai Lan, von hau nhu khong đuoc biet đen, đuoc chung minh bang viec phat hien cac hoa thach.
Gan đen tuoi 80 ong van tiep tuc nghien cuu thuc đia cua minh, voi su ho tro cua Cuc Đia chat Quoc gia va cac nha đia chat hoc tu cac nuoc Đong Nam A, trong khi van duy tri lien lac voi CCOP.
Nam 2013, vao đem truoc ngay sinh nhat lan thu 90, ong đa thuc hien chuyen đi khao sat đia chat thuc đia cuoi cung cua minh tai Thai Lan cung cac nha đia chat quoc gia nay.


= 2014-2020 =
Ong tiep tuc cong viec nghien cuu cua minh voi toc đo cham hon va thich phan tich danh sach dai cac an pham cua ong can đen ba tram bai, đang tai trong mot so tap chi khoa hoc o Chau A va Chau Au.
Su nghiep khoa hoc va quoc te cua ong la đac biet dai, hon sau muoi nam.
Ong qua đoi ngay 31 thang 1 nam 2020 tai l’Hay-les-Roses, gan Paris, Phap, huong tho 96 tuoi.


Cac cong trinh chon loc 1971 - Viet Nam-Kampuchia-Lao, carte geologique = Geological map = Ban do dia chat (Reviewed and completed by H. Fontaine), Insets: Quan Dao Hoang Sa (Paracel) - Quan Dao Truong Sa (Spratly), scale 1:2,000,000, 99x69 cm, 3rd ed. Nat. Geogr. Directorate VN. Dalat (Viet Nam). http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/46282704
1973 - (and G. Delibrias) - Ancient marine levels of the Quaternary in Viet Nam. Journ. Hong Kong Archeol. Soc., 4: 29-33. Hong Kong. (Translation: W. Meacham). http://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/6535d7b21578a177074b4bde0136d17f.
1980 - Edmond Saurin (1904–1977), Asian Perspectives, 23 (1): 1-8, Honolulu. http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/16886/AP-v23n1-obit.pdf?sequence=1
1980 - On the extent of the Sa Huynh Culture in continental Southeast Asia. Asian Perspectives, 23(1): 67-69. Honolulu. http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/16891/AP-v23n1-67-69.pdf?sequence=1
1980 - (and J.H.C.S. Davidson) – The archaeological site of Hoa Vkinh near Phan Thiet, Central Viet Nam. Asian Perspectives, 23 (1): 71-98, Honolulu. http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/16892/AP-v23n1-71-98.pdf?sequence=1
1982 - (and R. Ingavat and D. Vachard) - Carboniferous corals from Northeast Thailand. Bull. Geol. Soc. Malaysia, 15: 47-56, 2 pl. Kuala Lumpur. http://www.gsm.org.my/products/702001-101187-PDF.pdf Luu tru ngay 8 thang 5 nam 2020 tai Wayback Machine
1984 - (and D.T.Nguyen, D. Vachard, C. Vozenin-Serra). The Permian of Southeast Asia. CCOP Conf. Proc. Ed., 338p. Bangdung (Indonesia). http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/21249670
Fontaine, Henri; Poumot, Claude (1988). "The age of anthracite in Thailand". Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences. Quyen 2. tr. 41. Bibcode:1988JAESc...2...41F. doi:10.1016/0743-9547(88)90020-7.
Fontaine, H. (1988). "First conference on the geology of Indochina". Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences. Quyen 2. tr. 43. Bibcode:1988JAESc...2...43F. doi:10.1016/0743-9547(88)90021-9.
Fontaine, Henri; Lys, Maurice; Duc Tien, Nguyen (1988). "Some Permian corals from East Peninsular Malaysia: Associated microfossils, paleogeographic significance". Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences. Quyen 2 so 2. tr. 65. Bibcode:1988JAESc...2...65F. doi:10.1016/0743-9547(88)90010-4.
Fontaine, Henri; Khoo, Han Peng; Vachard, Daniel (1988). "Discovery of Triassic fossils at Bukit Chuping, in Gunung Sinyum area, and at Kota Jin, Peninsular Malaysia". Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences. Quyen 2 so 3–4. tr. 145. Bibcode:1988JAESc...2..145F. doi:10.1016/0743-9547(88)90026-8.
1989 - (and S. Gafoer) - The pre-Tertiary fossils of Sumatra and their environments. 22nd Session, CCOP Conf. Proc. Ed.: 356 p. Bangkok. http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/7047624
Fontaine, Henri; Rodziah, Daud; Singh, Updesh (1990). "Discovery of an Upper Triassic limestone basement in the Malay Basin, offshore Peninsular Malaysia: Regional implications". Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences. Quyen 4 so 3. tr. 219. Bibcode:1990JAESc...4..219F. doi:10.1016/S0743-9547(05)80015-7.
1990 - (and L. Beauvais, M. Caridroit, C. Chonglakmani, P. David, E. Espiritu, S. Gafoer, Y. Jongkanjanasoontorn, H. P. Khoo, S. Lovachalasupaporn, B. Mistiaen, D.T. Nguyen, C. Poumot, B. Sektheera, B. Songsirikul, Suharsono, V. Suteethorn, W. Tantiwanit, V. Tansuwan, D.T. Tong and D. Vachard) - Ten Years of CCOP research on the pre-Tertiary of East Asia. CCOP Techn. Publ., 20: 375 p.. Bangkok. http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/27183981
Fontaine, Henri; Chonglakmani, Chongpan; Piyasin, Sangat; Ibrahim, Bin Amnan; Khoo, Han Peng (1993). "Triassic limestone within and around the Gulf of Thailand". Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences. Quyen 8. tr. 83. Bibcode:1993JAESc...8...83F. doi:10.1016/0743-9547(93)90010-M.
Fontaine, Henri; Chonglakmani, Chongpan; Bin Amnan, Ibrahim; Piyasin, Sangat (1994). "A well-defined Permian biogeographic unit: Peninsular Thailand and northwest Peninsular Malaysia". Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences. Quyen 9. tr. 129. Bibcode:1994JAESc...9..129F. doi:10.1016/0743-9547(94)90071-X.
Henri Fontaine, N. Sattayarak and V. Suteethorn (1994) Permian corals of Thailand. CCOP Technical Bull., 24, 171 p. including 31 pl.. Chishitsu Chosajo (Japan).
Fontaine, H.; Workman, D. R. (1997). "Indochina: Regional review". Encyclopedia of European and Asian Regional Geology. Encyclopedia of Earth Science. tr. 372–6. doi:10.1007/1-4020-4495-X_48. ISBN 0-412-74040-0.
1995 - (and Ibrahim B. A.) – Biostratigraphy of the Kinta Valley, Perak. Geol. Soc. Malaysia Bull., 38: 159-172, 4 pl. http://www.gsm.org.my/products/702001-100916-PDF.pdf Luu tru ngay 10 thang 8 nam 2017 tai Wayback Machine
Fontaine, Henri; Suteethorn, Varavudh; Vachard, Daniel (1995). "The Carboniferous of northest Thailand: A review with new data". Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences. Quyen 12. tr. 1. Bibcode:1995JAESc..12....1F. doi:10.1016/0743-9547(95)00027-5.
1999 - (and Ibrahim B. A. and D. Vachard) – Important discovery of late Early Permian limestone in southern Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia. GEOSEA’1998 Proceedings, Bull. Geol. Soc. Malaysia Bull., 43: 455 – 460. http://www.gsm.org.my/products/702001-100795-PDF.pdf Luu tru ngay 29 thang 4 nam 2019 tai Wayback Machine
1999 - (and S. Salyapongse and D. Vachard) – The Carboniferous of East Thailand – new information from microfossils. GEOSEA’1998 Proceedings, Bull. Geol. Soc. Malaysia, Bull., 43: 461 – 465. http://www.gsm.org.my/products/702001-100794-PDF.pdf Luu tru ngay 3 thang 3 nam 2016 tai Wayback Machine
1999 - (and Bunopas S., J. T. Wasson, P. Vella, H. Fontaine, S. Hada, C. Burrett, T. Supajunya and S. Khositanont) - The Early Quaternary global terrestrial impact of a whole comet in the Australasian tektite field, newest apparent evidences and discoveries from Thailand and East Asia. GEOSEA’1998 Proceedings, Geol. Soc. Malaysia Bull., 43: 555 – 575. http://www.gsm.org.my/products/702001-100784-PDF.pdf Luu tru ngay 3 thang 3 nam 2016 tai Wayback Machine
2000 - (and S. Salayapongse, V. Suteenthorn, D. Vachard) –Widespread occurrence of Triassic Limestones Northwest of Uthai Thani in West Thailand. Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Society, 48: 7 – 19, 13 fig.. Bangkok. http://www.siamese-heritage.org/nhbsspdf/vol041-050/NHBSS_048_1h_Fontaine_WidespreadOccurr.pdf
Fontaine, Henri (2002). "Permian of Southeast Asia: An overview". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. Quyen 20 so 6. tr. 567. Bibcode:2002JAESc..20..567F. doi:10.1016/S1367-9120(01)00076-1.
2003 - (and S. Salayapongse, V. Suteenthorn) - Glimpses into Fossil Assemblages of Thailand: Coral Perspectives. Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Society, 51(1): 37 – 67, 9 fig.. Bangkok. http://www.siamese-heritage.org/nhbsspdf/vol051-060/NHBSS_051_1h_Fontaine_GlimpsesIntoFoss.pdf
2005 - (and S. Salayapongse, V. Suteenthorn) - Fossil Biodiversity in the Limestones of Thailand: A Cornucopia of Information about the History of Life. Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Society, 53(1): 33 – 70, 11 fig.. Bangkok. http://www.siamese-heritage.org/nhbsspdf/vol051-060/NHBSS_053_1h_Fontaine_FossilBiodiversi.pdf
2007 - (and V. Suteenthorn) - Carboniferous Corals of Pang Mapha District, Northwest Thailand. Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Society, 53(1): 199-221, 13 fig.. Bangkok. http://www.siamese-heritage.org/nhbsspdf/vol051-060/NHBSS_055_2e_Fontaine_CarboniferousCor.pdf
2012 - (and S. Kavinate, T. T. Hoang, and D. Vachard) - Permian Limestone of Peninsular and Western Thailand in Khao Yoi, Chaam and Thong Pha Phum Areas. Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Society, 58: 39-47, 6 fig.. Bangkok. http://www.siamese-heritage.org/nhbsspdf/vol051-060/NHBSS_058_1k_Fontaine_PermianLimestone.pdf
Fontaine, Henri; Hoang, Thi Than; Kavinate, Sathaporn; Suteethorn, Varavudh; Vachard, Daniel (2013). "Upper Permian (Late Changhsingian) marine strata in Nan Province, northern Thailand". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. Quyen 76. tr. 115. Bibcode:2013JAESc..76..115F. doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.01.006.


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