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

Session No. 79

Monday, 2 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Room 327/328/329 (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

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

Paper #

Start Time

8:00 AM

Introduction

CLARY, Renee, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, 265 Church Street, Middletown, CT 06459, rclary@geosci.msstate.edu

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8:15 AM

A COMPARISON OF SMITH'S GEOLOGICAL MAPPING AND THARP/HEEZEN'S SEAFLOOR MAPPING: WHY DID THESE MAPS ENABLE NEW THINKING ABOUT EARTH PROCESSES?

KASTENS, Kim A., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964-8000 and RYAN, William B.F., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, kastens@ldeo.columbia.edu

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8:40 AM

BEYOND MAPPING: 3D GEOLOGIC INTERPRETATION

KRANTZ, Robert W., Geologic Technology, ConocoPhillips, 600 N. Dairy Ashford Road, Houston, TX 77079, Bob.Krantz@conocophillips.com

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9:05 AM

MAPPING CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE – 25 YEARS OF SEISMIC IMAGING IN THE ANDES

BECK, Susan, ZANDT, George, WARD, Kevin and DELPH, Jonathan R., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, slbeck@email.arizona.edu

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9:30 AM

STRATIGRAPHIC MAPPING IN PLANETARY EXPLORATION

MCSWEEN, H.Y., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, mcsween@utk.edu

79-5

9:55 AM

THE THIRD CENTURY OF GEOLOGICAL MAPPING: WHAT WILL CHANGE?

THORLEIFSON, Harvey, Minnesota Geological Survey, University of Minnesota, 2609 West Territorial Road, St. Paul, MN 55114-1009, thorleif@umn.edu

10:20 AM

Break

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10:40 AM

ANCHORS AWEIGH - MAPPING ON THE EDGE OF REASON

BUTLER, Robert W.H. and BOND, Clare E., Geology and Petroleum Geology, University of Aberdeen, Kings College, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, United Kingdom, rob.butler@abdn.ac.uk

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11:05 AM

MAPPING AS THINKING: GEOLOGY AS THE PREMIER SCIENCE OF SYNTHETIC REASONING

BAKER, Victor R., Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0011, baker@email.arizona.edu

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11:30 AM

HISTORICAL IMPACT AND PHILOSOPHICAL PROJECTIONS FOR WILLIAM SMITH'S 1815 MAP

CLARY, Renee M., Geosciences, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 1705, Mississippi State, MS 39762, rclary@geosci.msstate.edu

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