Session: The Great Ideas in Geology (2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19

Session No. 100

Monday, 20 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

221/222 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T149. The Great Ideas in Geology

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

Renee M. Clary, Michele Aldrich, Alan E. Leviton, Nathalie Nicole Brandes and Paul T. Brandes, Advocates

Paper #

Start Time

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

100-1

8:15 AM

GSA HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF GEOLOGY DIVISION STUDENT AWARDS, FIRST PLACE: THE “SCEPTICAL CHYMIST” AS GEOLOGIST? ROBERT BOYLE ON MINERAL FORMATION

INGLEHART, Ashley, History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, 5549 Queen Mary Apt. 6, 1011 3rd St, Montreal, QC H3X 1V8, Canada

100-2

8:30 AM

NEPTUNISM: NOT A BAD IDEA

HAMM, Ernst, Science and Technology Studies, York University, Bethune College 218, 4700 Keele St, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada

100-3

8:45 AM

JAMES HUTTON'S "MACHINE OF A PECULIAR CONSTRUCTION"

LOHFF, Kathy, Severna Park, MD 21146

100-4

9:00 AM

GSA HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF GEOLOGY DIVISION STUDENT AWARDS, SECOND PLACE: THE ORIGIN OF GRANITE: FROM WERNER TO READ, FROM BOWEN TO CHAPPELL

PHILLIPS, Stacy E., Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Alexander Murray Building, 300 Prince Philip Drive, St John's, NF A1B 3X5, Canada

Handouts

The Origin of Granite.pptx (8.6 MB)

100-5

9:15 AM

ENVISIONING DEEP TIME: HENRY DE LA BECHE’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION

CLARY, Renee M., Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University, 108 Hilbun Hall, P.O. Box 5448, Mississippi State, MS 39762

100-6

9:30 AM

DARWIN’S ALBATROSS: SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE, DARWINISM, AND THE ROLE OF HYPOTHESES IN NINETEENTH CENTURY GEOLOGY

GOLDSMITH, David W., Department of Geology, Westminster College, 1840 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84105

100-7

9:45 AM

GEOLOGICAL HYPOTHESES: MULTIPLE, WORKING, AND OUTRAGEOUS

BAKER, Victor R., Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, 1133 E. James E. Rogers Way, J.W. Harshbarger Building, Room 246, Tucson, AZ 85721-0011

10:00 AM

Break

100-8

10:15 AM

OBSERVATIONS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE RECOGNITION OF THE PERMIAN SYSTEM

DIEMER, John A., Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223

100-9

10:30 AM

GSA HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF GEOLOGY DIVISION GERALD M. AND SUE T. FRIEDMAN DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD: DISCOVERING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN VOLCANIC ARCS AND ANCIENT OROGENIC BELTS

DOTT Jr, Robert H., Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706

100-10

10:45 AM

GREAT AND OUTRAGEOUS IDEAS ABOUT IMPACTS IN EARTH HISTORY – FROM EXTRAORDINARY TO ACTUALISTIC (AND BACK AGAIN)

BOURGEOIS, Joanne, Earth & Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1310

100-11

11:00 AM

Withdrawn

100-12