T41 Contributions of American Geologists to Theoretical Tectonics on the Basis of Research Done West of the 100th W Meridian in the Latter Half of the 19th Century

Sunday, 27 October 2002
1:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Presentations

• 1:00 PM
  ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT AS A PIONEER OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICAN TECTONICS
  Anke M. Friedrich, Potsdam Univ, 14176 Golm, N/A
  46958 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:15 PM
  JOSIAH DWIGHT WHITNEY AND THE MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA
  Peggy Champlin, Los Angeles, CA
  42256 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  FERDINAND VANDEVEER HAYDEN AND THE "HAYDEN" SURVEYS (1867-1879): WHAT DID THEY CONTRIBUTE TO TECTONIC THEORY?
  Alan E. Leviton, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA and Michele L. Aldrich, Cornell Univ, Hatfield, MA
  43561 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  A LABYRINTH OF INTRICATE CHANGES: CLARENCE KING'S IDEAS ON TECTONICS, 1860–1900
  Michele L. Aldrich, Cornell Univ, Hatfield, MA and Alan E. Leviton, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA
  43502 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  THE WHEELER SURVEY AND THEORETICAL TECTONICS: THE BASIN AND RANGE
  Peter L. Guth, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
  46718 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  CLARENCE DUTTON: ISOSTASY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY REVISITED
  Antony R. Orme, Univ of California, Los Angeles, CA
  39123 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  G.K. GILBERT, LAKE BONNEVILLE, AND SCIENCE
  Charles G. Oviatt, Kansas State Univ, Manhattan, KS
  39361 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  THE INFLUENCE OF AMERICAN GEOLOGISTS WORKING WEST OF 100TH MERIDIAN DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY ON EDUARD SUESS
  A.M. Celâl Şengör, Istanbul Technical Univ, Istanbul
  38944 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  SUB-SUMMIT SURFACES IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: REEVALUATING PAST IDEAS WITH LANDSCAPE DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS
  Margaret E. McMillan, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Paul L. Heller, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Neil F. Humphrey, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
  41638 (Technical Sessions)