GSA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, USA - 2019

Session No. 137
Monday, 23 September 2019: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 131ABC, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T29. Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) at 100: Reflections, Refractions, Diffractions, Intrusions, Subductions, Reactions, etc. from MSA Past Presidents II

Mineralogical Society of America; GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division

 

Mickey E. Gunter and Carol D. Frost, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
(id=333171) Introduction of Arthur L. Day Medal, by Brad Singer
1:35 PM
ARTHUR L. DAY MEDAL: THE MICROANALYSIS REVOLUTION IN ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY
VALLEY, John W., BLUM, Tyler B. and CAMERON, Emilia M., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706
Handouts
  • Valley2019GSA.pdf (13.5 MB)
  • Valley2015APT.pdf (3.7 MB)
  • 1:55 PM
    THE COMPLEXITY OF TEACHING MINERALOGY: 3-D VISUALIZATION AND SPATIAL SKILLS
    DUTROW, Barbara L., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 and ORMAND, Carol J., Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College, 1 North College Street, Northfield, MN 55057
    2:15 PM
    HEIRS OF THE REVOLUTION: X-RAY DIFFRACTION AND THE BIRTH OF THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
    HEANEY, Peter J., Dept. of Geosciences, Penn State University, 540 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802
     
    2:35 PM
    Break
    137-4
    2:50 PM
    Withdrawn
    3:10 PM
    REFLECTIONS ON THE FIRST CENTURY OF X-RAY DIFFRACTION
    BISH, David L., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405
    3:30 PM
    DIAMOND — PREMIER MINERAL FOR UNDERSTANDING THE DEEP GEOLOGY OF EARTH’S MANTLE
    SHIREY, Steven B., Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution for Science, 5241 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, DC 20015, NESTOLA, Fabrizio, Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, Padova, 35131, Italy, PEARSON, D. Graham, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada and WALTER, Michael J., Geophysical Laboratory, Carngie Institution for Science, 5251 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, DC 20015
     
    3:50 PM
    break
    4:05 PM
    FROM ERUPTED BASALTS TO RHYOLITE: EVIDENCE THAT PHENOCRYST GROWTH OFTEN OCCURS RAPIDLY DURING ASCENT ALONG FRACTURES AND NOT NECESSARILY IN CRUSTAL RESERVOIRS
    LANGE, Rebecca A., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 North University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005
    4:25 PM
    ON THE EMERGENCE OF PLATE TECTONICS
    BROWN, Michael, Laboratory for Crustal Petrology, Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, and Center for Global Tectonics, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences Wuhan, 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan, 430074, China and JOHNSON, Tim E., School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia; State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, and Center for Global Tectonics, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences Wuhan, 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan, 430074, China
    4:45 PM
    HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY TO THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA FROM ITS 100TH PRESIDENT, AND HOW TO MAKE IT TO 200
    GUNTER, Mickey E., Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844
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