William (Bill) Compston FAA, FRS (born 19 February 1931) is an Australian geophysicist.
[1][2][3] He is a visiting fellow at the Australian National University.
[4] Compston developed the sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP), for isotopic analyses of geological samples.
[5] SHRIMP enabled the world's oldest rock to be identified in Western Australia.
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