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2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002)

Session No. 41
Sunday, 27 October 2002: 1:00 PM-3:45 PM

T46. Contributions of American Geologists to Theoretical Tectonics on the Basis of Research Done West of the 100th W Meridian in the Latter Half of the 19th Century

GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division; History of Earth Sciences Society

 

A. M. Celâl Sengör and Michele L. Aldrich, Advocates
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1:00 PM
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT AS A PIONEER OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICAN TECTONICS
FRIEDRICH, Anke M., Potsdam Univ, 14176 Golm, Germany, anke@geo.uni-potsdam.de, anke@geo.uni-potsdam.de
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1:15 PM
JOSIAH DWIGHT WHITNEY AND THE MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA
CHAMPLIN, Peggy, 2169 Linda Flora Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90077, champc@aol.com, champc@aol.com
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1:30 PM
FERDINAND VANDEVEER HAYDEN AND THE "HAYDEN" SURVEYS (1867-1879): WHAT DID THEY CONTRIBUTE TO TECTONIC THEORY?
LEVITON, Alan E., California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118-4599 and ALDRICH, Michele L., Cornell Univ, 24 Elm Street, Hatfield, MA 01038, ALEVITON@CALACADEMY.ORG, ALEVITON@CALACADEMY.ORG
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1:45 PM
A LABYRINTH OF INTRICATE CHANGES: CLARENCE KING'S IDEAS ON TECTONICS, 1860–1900
ALDRICH, Michele L., Cornell Univ, 24 Elm Street, Hatfield, MA 01038 and LEVITON, Alan E., California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118-4599, maldrich@smith.edu, maldrich@smith.edu
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2:00 PM
THE WHEELER SURVEY AND THEORETICAL TECTONICS: THE BASIN AND RANGE
GUTH, Peter L., Department of Oceanography, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD 21402-5026, pguth@usna.edu, pguth@usna.edu
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2:15 PM
CLARENCE DUTTON: ISOSTASY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY REVISITED
ORME, Antony R., Department of Geography, Univ of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1524, orme@geog.ucla.edu, orme@geog.ucla.edu
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2:30 PM
G.K. GILBERT, LAKE BONNEVILLE, AND SCIENCE
OVIATT, Charles G., Geology, Kansas State Univ, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-3201, joviatt@ksu.edu, joviatt@ksu.edu
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2:45 PM
THE INFLUENCE OF AMERICAN GEOLOGISTS WORKING WEST OF 100TH MERIDIAN DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY ON EDUARD SUESS
SENGÖR, A.M. Celal, Jeoloji Bölümü, Ýstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Ayazaða, Ýstanbul, 80626, Turkey, sengor@itu.edu.tr, sengor@itu.edu.tr
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3:00 PM
SUB-SUMMIT SURFACES IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: REEVALUATING PAST IDEAS WITH LANDSCAPE DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS
MCMILLAN, Margaret E., HELLER, Paul L. and HUMPHREY, Neil F., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, P.O. Box 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, mcmillan@uwyo.edu, mcmillan@uwyo.edu
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