2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 189
Tuesday, 3 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 325/326 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T98. The Great Images in Geology II, Additional Contributions in the History and Philosophy of Geology

GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division; History of Earth Sciences Society
Renee M. Clary and Joanne Bourgeois, Session Chairs
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8:00 AM
IMAGES IN THE DARK: THE CHANGING PERCEPTION OF RADIATION IN THE SOCIAL REALM
DOLPHIN, Glenn, Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Department of Geoscience, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, glenn.dolphin@ucalgary.ca
8:15 AM
THE WORLD WE LIVE IN: LIFE MAGAZINE’S GEOLOGIC ART JUST BEFORE THE DAWN OF PLATE TECTONICS
JORDAN, Benjamin R., Department of Biochemistry and Physical Science, Brigham Young University Hawaii, 55-220 Kulanui Street, BYUH #1967, Laie, HI 96762, ben.jordan@byuh.edu
8:30 AM
THE EARLIEST SUBDUCTION ZONE DEPICTED: A TRIUMPH OF COMPARATIVE GEOLOGY
ŞENGÖR, A.M. Celâl, Avrasya Yerbilimleri Enstitusu, Ayazaga, Istanbul Teknik Universitesi, and Maden Fakultesi, Jeoloji Bolumu, Istanbul, 34469, Turkey, sengor@itu.edu.tr
8:45 AM
WEGENER'S MAPS OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT
GREENE, Mott T., Earth & Space Sciences, University of Washington, Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195-1310, mgreene@u.washington.edu
9:00 AM
HARRY HESS'S 1962 SEA FLOOR SPREADING IMAGE: INITIATOR OF THE PLATE TECTONIC REVOLUTION
MOORES, Eldridge M., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, emmoores@ucdavis.edu
9:15 AM
DAN MCKENZIE AND ROBERT PARKER'S 1968 GREAT FIGURE CONFIRMING PLATE TECTONCS
FRANKEL, Henry, Philosophy Department, University of Missouri - Kansas City, 4800 West 66th Terrace, Prairie Village, KS 66208, frankelh@umkc.edu
 
9:30 AM
Break
9:45 AM
SCIENCE IN THE REVOLUTION: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706-1790) AND FRIENDS
NEWCOMB, Sally, Retired, 13120 Two Farm Dr., Silver Spring, MD 20904, senewcomb@earthlink.net
10:00 AM
POPULAR-LEVEL MINERALOGY TEXTS AND THE FAMILIAR FORMAT IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY
LARSEN, Kristine, Geological Sciences, Central Connecticut State University, 1615 Stanley St, New Britain, CT 06050, larsen@ccsu.edu
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10:15 AM
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10:30 AM
"CORKING THE BOTTLE" AT STARK'S KNOB, SARATOGA COUNTY, NEW YORK
SCHIMMRICH, Steven H., STEM Department, SUNY Ulster County Community College, 491 Cottekill Road, Stone Ridge, NY 12484, schimmrs@sunyulster.edu
10:45 AM
JOHN HERSCHEL'S ALPINE GEOLOGY: MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPES 20 YEARS BEFORE PHOTOGRAPHY
GOOD, Greg, American Institute of Physics, Center for History of Physics, One Physics Ellipse, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, ggood@aip.org
11:00 AM
“HOW’S THAT FOR HEIDELBERG?” CHARLES DAWSON AND A PILTDOWN MAN CENTENARY
DONOVAN, Stephen K., Geology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, Leiden, 2333 CR, Netherlands, Steve.Donovan@naturalis.nl
11:15 AM
A WOMAN’S PLACE IN TWENTIETH CENTURY GEOMORPHOLOGY
SACK, Dorothy, Department of Geography, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, sack@ohio.edu
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