2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)
Session No. 151 Tuesday, 30 October 2007
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 702

History of Geology

Julie Newell and Stephen M. Rowland, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 1:30 PM Introductory Remarks
151-11:35 PM A NEW ASPECT OF A RENAISSANCE GEOLOGIST: GEORGII AGRICOLA'S DE ANIMANTIBUS SUBTERRANEIS (1549 AND 1556): ALDRICH, Michele, California Academy of Sciences, 24 Elm Street, Hatfield, MA 01038, maldrich@smith.edu, LEVITON, Alan E., California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, and SEARS, Lindsay, Classics, Cornell University, 95 Ambrose Cove Lane, Belgrade, ME 04917
151-21:50 PM THE INFLUENCE OF ATHANASIUS KIRCHER'S HERMETIC AND NEO-PLATONIC WORLDVIEW ON MUNDUS SUBTERRANEUS: PARCELL, William C., Department of Geology, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount Ave., Box 27, Wichita, KS 67260-0027, william.parcell@wichita.edu
151-32:05 PM EDUARD SUESS, EUSTATIC MOVEMENTS, AND GLOBAL BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATIONS: ATAYMAN, Saniye and SENGÖR, A.M. Celâl, Avrasya Yerbilimleri Enstitüsü, Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Ayazaga, Istanbul, 34469, Turkey, atayman@itu.edu.tr
151-42:20 PM E. SUESS AND RUSSIAN GEOLOGISTS: NATALIN, Boris, Faculty of Mines, Istanbul Technical University, ITU, Maden Fakultesi, Geology Bolumu, Ayazaga, Istanbul 34449 Turkey, natalin@itu.edu.tr
151-52:35 PM ETYMOLOGY OF PANGEA: RANCE, Hugh, Biological Science and Geology, Queensborough Community College, M-213, 222-05 56th Avenue, Bayside, NY 11354, hughrance@rcn.com
151-62:50 PM DEVELOPMENT OF THE CYCLOTHEM CONCEPT BY CYCLIC GEOLOGISTS: MERRIAM, Daniel F., Kansas Geological Survey, Univ of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Campus West, Lawrence, KS 66047, dmerriam@kgs.ku.edu
 3:05 PM Break
151-73:20 PM EXPERIMENTS IN THE FIELD: GEORGE BECKER, CARL BARUS AND GEOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTATION AT THE COMSTOCK LODE: BROWN, Eric J., Program in History of Science, Princeton University, 721 Upshur St., NW, Washington, DC 20011, ebrown@umbc.edu
 3:40 PM Discussion
151-83:55 PM TRACKS, TRAILS, AND THIEVES: THE ADVENTURES AND DISCOVERIES OF FERDINAND V. HAYDEN'S 1868 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING AND ADJACENT TERRITORIES: DEIBERT, Jack E., Geosciences, Austin Peay State University, P.O. Box 4418, Clarksville, TN 37044, deibertj@apsu.edu and BREITHAUPT, Brent H., Geological Museum, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071
151-94:10 PM THE "GRAND EXCURSION" OF THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS [1891]: CELEBRATING GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION IN THE AMERICAN WEST: AALTO, K.R., Geology, Humboldt State Univ, Arcata, CA 95521, kra1@humboldt.edu
151-104:25 PM A HISTORY OF FIELD STUDIES AND OBSERVATIONS ON VOLCANIC ROCKS OF THE SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL, MEXICO: SWANSON, Eric, Earth & Environmental Science, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 N Loop 1604 W, San Antonio, TX 78249, eswanson@utsa.edu

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