2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)

Session No. 120
Tuesday, 24 October 2006: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

History of Geology Division and History of the Earth Sciences Society Anniversary Celebration

 

Sally Newcomb and Maria Luisa Crawford, Chairs
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8:00 AM
HISTORY OF GEOLOGY DIVISION STUDENT AWARD PAPER: CORE DRILLING AT BIKINI AND ENIWETOK ATOLLS, 1947-1952
SPONSEL, Alistair, Department of History, Program in History of Science, Princeton University, 129 Dickinson Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, asponsel@princeton.edu, asponsel@princeton.edu
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8:15 AM
THE HISTORY OF THE WISSAHICKON
NEWCOMB, Sally, retired, 13120 Two Farm Drive, Silver Spring, MD MD 20904, senewcomb@earthlink.net, senewcomb@earthlink.net
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8:30 AM
100 YEARS OF WISSAHICKON — WHAT'S IN A NAME?
SCHENCK, William S., Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716-7501, rockman@udel.edu, rockman@udel.edu
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8:45 AM
THE MARTIC LINE CONTROVERSY - HOW IT STARTED
CRAWFORD, William A., Geology, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-2899 and WYCKOFF, Dorothy, 1900-1982, (deceased), wcrawfor@brynmawr.edu, wcrawfor@brynmawr.edu
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9:00 AM
THE WISSAHICKON CONTROVERSY: FLORENCE BASCOM'S EDUCATIONAL TRIUMPH
CLARY, Renee M., Geosciences, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 1705, Mississippi State, MS 39762 and WANDERSEE, James H., Educational Theory, Policy, and Practice, Louisiana State University, Room 223 F, Peabody Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, rclary@geosci.msstate.edu, rclary@geosci.msstate.edu
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9:15 AM
THE WISSAHICKON SCHIST AND RELATED ROCKS: STUDIES OF METAMORPHISM IN SE PENNSYLVANIA
CRAWFORD, Maria Luisa, Geology Department, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, mcrawfor@brynmawr.edu, mcrawfor@brynmawr.edu
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9:30 AM
STRUCTURAL AND TEMPORAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE WISSAHICKON FORMATION: THE FIRST 100 YEARS
BLACKMER, Gale C., Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey, 3240 Schoolhouse Rd, Middletown, PA 17057, gblackmer@state.pa.us, gblackmer@state.pa.us
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9:45 AM
THE ROLE OF TRANSCURRENT SHEAR ZONES IN THE HISTORY OF THE WISSAHICKON FORMATION
HILL, Mary Louise, Department of Geology, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada, mary.louise.hill@lakeheadu.ca, mary.louise.hill@lakeheadu.ca
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10:00 AM
GEOLOGIC INFLUENCES ON BENEDICT ARNOLD'S MARCH TO QUEBEC, 1775
RUEGER, Bruce F., Geology, Colby College, 5806 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901-8858, bfrueger@colby.edu, bfrueger@colby.edu
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10:15 AM
WASHINGTON'S PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE FROM BROOKLYN HEIGHTS IN AUGUST 1776
ROGERS, J. David and WATKINS, Conor, Dept. of Geological Sciences And Engineering, University of Missouri - Rolla, 129 McNutt Hall, 1870 Miner Circle, Rolla, MO 65409, cwatkin@umr.edu, cwatkin@umr.edu
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10:30 AM
THE GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD: GEOLOGY'S IMPACT UPON MILITARY HISTORY
CUFFEY, Roger J.1, INNERS, Jon D.2, FLEEGER, Gary M.2 and LANE, Jennifer A.3, (1)Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State Univ, 412 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802, (2)Pernnsylvania Geol Survey, 3240 Schoolhouse Road, Middletown, PA 17057, (3)Division of Paleontology (Vertebrate), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, rcuffey@psu.edu, rcuffey@psu.edu
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10:45 AM
MILITARY GEOLOGY AND THE APACHE WARS, SOUTH WEST UNITED STATES
DOYLE, Peter, Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom, doyle268@btinternet.com, doyle268@btinternet.com
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11:00 AM
CLARENCE EDWARD DUTTON: GEOLOGIST, MAJOR OF ORDNANCE, MAN OF LETTERS
HALLIDAY, William R., Hawaii Speleological Survey, National Speleological Society, 6530 Cornwall Court, Nashville, TN 37205, bnawrh@webtv.net, bnawrh@webtv.net
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11:15 AM
GROVE KARL GILBERT'S PHOTOGRAPHS AS EVIDENCE IN GEOLOGY: DOCUMENTING THE 1906 SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE
ALDRICH, Michele L.1, LEVITON, Alan E.2 and ELSBERND, Karren2, (1)California Academy of Sciences, 24 Elm Street, Hatfield, MA 01038, (2)California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, aleviton@calacademy.org, aleviton@calacademy.org
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11:30 AM
STATEMENT ON EVOLUTION-SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION- 1925
YOCHELSON, Ellis L., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012, yochelse@si.edu, yochelse@si.edu
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11:45 AM
WHERE IS THAT COLLECTION?
DUTRO Jr, J. Thomas, Paleobiology, Museum of Natural History, Room E-308, MRC-137, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, dutrot@si.edu, dutrot@si.edu