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2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)

Session No. 151
Tuesday, 30 October 2007: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

History of Geology

 

Julie Newell and Stephen M. Rowland, Chairs
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 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, 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, maldrich@smith.edu, maldrich@smith.edu
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1:50 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, william.parcell@wichita.edu
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2:05 PM
EDUARD SUESS, EUSTATIC MOVEMENTS, AND GLOBAL BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATIONS
ATAYMAN, Saniye and ŞENGÖR, A.M. Celâl, Avrasya Yerbilimleri Enstitüsü, Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Ayazaga, Istanbul, 34469, Turkey, atayman@itu.edu.tr, atayman@itu.edu.tr
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2:20 PM
E. SUESS AND RUSSIAN GEOLOGISTS
NATALIN, Boris, Faculty of Mines, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, Istanbul, 34449, Turkey, natalin@itu.edu.tr, natalin@itu.edu.tr
5
2:35 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, hughrance@rcn.com
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2:50 PM
DEVELOPMENT OF THE CYCLOTHEM CONCEPT BY CYCLIC GEOLOGISTS
MERRIAM, Daniel F., University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Campus West, Lawrence, KS 66047, dmerriam@ku.edu, dmerriam@ku.edu
 
3:05 PM
Break
7
3:20 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, ebrown@umbc.edu
 
3:40 PM
Discussion
8
3:55 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 and BREITHAUPT, Brent H., Geological Museum, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, deibertj@apsu.edu, deibertj@apsu.edu
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4:10 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, kra1@humboldt.edu
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4:25 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, eswanson@utsa.edu
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