Session: Celebrating the Genius of William ‘Strata’ Smith: Bicentennial Anniversary of Smith’s Revolutionary Map I (2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015))

Session No. 1

Sunday, 1 November 2015: 8:00 AM-11:00 AM

Room 327/328/329 (Baltimore Convention Center)

P1. Celebrating the Genius of William ‘Strata’ Smith: Bicentennial Anniversary of Smith’s Revolutionary Map I

GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; Association of American State Geologists; Geological Society of London; History of Earth Sciences Society; Paleontological Society; GSA Karst Division

George H. Davis, Renee Clary and Suzanne O'Connell, Conveners

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8:00 AM

PURPOSE AND OVERVIEW OF GSA'S BICENTENARY CELEBRATION OF THE PUBLICATION IN 1815 OF WILLIAM SMITH'S MAP 'A DELINEATION OF THE STRATA OF ENGLAND AND WALES, WITH PART OF SCOTLAND', THE FIRST GEOLOGICAL MAP OF AN ENTIRE COUNTRY

DAVIS, George H., Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, Gould-Simpson 326, Tucson, AZ 85721, CHAN, Marjorie, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 South 1460 East, Room 383 FASB, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, CLARY, Renee M., Geosciences, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 1705, Mississippi State, MS 39762, KRANTZ, Robert W., Geologic Technology, ConocoPhillips, 600 N. Dairy Ashford Road, Houston, TX 77079, LYTTLE, Peter T., U.S. Geological Survey, 908 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, NICKLESS, Edmund, Geological Society of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BG, United Kingdom, O'CONNELL, Suzanne, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, 265 Church St, Middletown, CT 06457, PRICE, Jonathan G., Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, M.S. 178, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, STEPHENS, Daniel B., Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc, 6020 Academy Rd NE, Suite 100, Albuquerque, NM 87109-3315 and THORLEIFSON, L. Harvey, Minnesota Geological Survey, University of Minnesota, 2609 West Territorial Road, St. Paul, MN 55114-1009, gdavis@email.arizona.edu

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8:05 AM

PRACTICAL AND APPLIED CONTEXT OF SMITH'S CONTRIBUTIONS

NICKLESS, Edmund, Geological Society of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BG, United Kingdom, edmund.nickless@geolsoc.org.uk

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8:35 AM

THE ROLE OF WILLIAM SMITH'S AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENTS TO PRISLEY FARM IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GEOLOGIC MAP

STEPHENS, Daniel B., Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc, 6020 Academy Rd NE, Suite 100, Albuquerque, NM 87109-3315 and STEPHENS, Deborah A., Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc., 6020 Academy Road NE, Suite 100, Albuquerque, NM 87109-3315, dan.stephens@dbstephens.com

9:00 AM

Introduction of Keynote Speaker

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9:05 AM

WILLIAM SMITH (1769-1839)'S SEARCHES FOR A MONEY-EARNING CAREER TO 1820

TORRENS, Hugh, William Smith blg, Keele University, Room 101, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, United Kingdom, h.s.torrens@keele.ac.uk

9:55 AM

Break

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10:10 AM

WILLIAM SMITH AS A PALEONTOLOGIST: HIS VIEWS ON THE ORIGIN OF FOSSILS, THEIR PRESERVATION AND THE HISTORY OF LIFE

WILSON, Mark A., Department of Geology, The College of Wooster, 944 College Mall, Wooster, OH 44691, TAYLOR, Paul D., Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom and PALMER, Timothy J., The Palaeontological Association, IGES, Llandinam Building, University of Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth, Wales, SY23 3DB, United Kingdom, mwilson@wooster.edu

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10:35 AM

SMITH'S MAPPING IN CONTEXT OF HISTORY OF GEOLOGY

ŞENGÖR, A.M. Celâl, Istanbul Teknik Universitesi, Maden Fakultesi, Jeoloji Bolumu and Avrasya Yerbilimleri Enstitusu, Ayazaga, Istanbul, 34469, Turkey, sengor@itu.edu.tr

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