Session: Great Maps in the History of Geology (GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA

Session No. 108

Monday, 23 October 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Skagit 3 (The Conference Center)

T166. Great Maps in the History of Geology

GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division; GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; History of Earth Sciences Society (HESS)

Dorothy Sack and Renee M. Clary, Advocates

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

108-1

8:05 AM

HOW DID WILLIAM SMITH CARRY OUT HIS PIONEERING GEOLOGICAL MAPPING? (Invited Presentation)

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

108-2

8:25 AM

MAPS, CROSS-SECTIONS AND THE GEOLOGY OF CHARLES DARWIN

WESSON, Robert L., Unaffiliated, 7885 Armadillo Trail, Evergreen, CO 80439, rwesson@gmail.com

108-3

8:40 AM

PHILIP TYSON'S 1849 STUDY OF CALIFORNIA GOLD PROSPECTS

AALTO, K.R., Geology Dept, Humboldt State University, 1 Harpst St, Arcata, CA 95521, kra1@humboldt.edu

108-4

8:55 AM

MAPS OF THE EARLY PENNSYLVANIA OIL REGION

BRICE, William R., Johnstown, PA 15904, wbrice@pit.edu

108-5

9:10 AM

Withdrawn

9:25 AM

Discussion

108-6

9:35 AM

ARTHUR LAKES’ 1878 MAP OF THE FLORISSANT FOSSIL BEDS, COLORADO

MEYER, Herbert W., National Park Service, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, PO Box 185, Florissant, CO 80816, herb_meyer@nps.gov

Handouts

GSA Meyer_Lakes map talk_GSA website.pptx (25.8 MB)

108-7

9:50 AM

LAKE BONNEVILLE MAPPED

SACK, Dorothy, Department of Geography, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, sack@ohio.edu

108-8

10:05 AM

WLADIMIR KÖPPEN’S 1901 MAP OF GLOBAL CLIMATE ZONES

GREENE, Mott T., Earth & Space Sciences, University of Washington, Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195-1310, mgreene@u.washington.edu

108-9

10:25 AM

THE TECTONIC MAP OF EURASIA BY ARGAND AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE INTERPRETATION OF CONTINENTAL DEFORMATION (Invited Presentation)

ŞENGÖR, A.M. Celâl, Avrasya Yerbilimleri Enstitüsü, Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Ayazaga, Istanbul, 34469, Turkey, sengor@itu.edu.tr

10:40 AM

Discussion

108-10

10:50 AM

FOUNDATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY ERWIN RAISZ TO GEOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING

VANHORN, Jason E. and STEARLEY, Ralph, Department of Geology, Geography and Environmental Studies, Calvin College, 3201 Burton St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546, jvanhorn@calvin.edu

108-11

11:05 AM

HAROLD N. FISK’S (1944) MAPS OF THE MEANDERING MISSISSIPPI RIVER

SPANAGEL, David I., Dept. of Humanities and Arts, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609-2280, spanagel@wpi.edu

108-12

11:20 AM

TECTONIC MAPS IN REVOLUTIONS: VINE'S (1966) REINTERPRETATION OF RAFF'S AND MASON'S MAGNETIC MAP OF THE NE PACIFIC, AND SIGOCH'S AND MIHALYNUK'S (2017) AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA ANALOGUE FOR LATE MESOZOIC WESTERN NORTH AMERICA

MOORES, Eldridge M., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, emmoores@ucdavis.edu

108-13

11:35 AM

GREAT MAPS (NOT): THE 1984 CIA MAP PERMAFROST REGIONS IN THE SOVIET UNION

NELSON, Frederick E. and NYLAND, Kelsey E., Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University, 673 Auditorium Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, fnelson@udel.edu

11:55 AM

Concluding Remarks

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T166. Great Maps in the History of Geology