Honors & Awards
2016 GSA Division and Section primary Award Recipients
| GSA Division | Award Name |
Citations & Responses
To view Citations & Responses from past years, visit the links below. |
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| Archaeological Geology | Rip Rapp Archaeological Geology Award | ||||
| Coal Geology | Gilbert H. Cady Award | ||||
| Engineering Geology | E.B. Burwell, Jr., Award | ||||
| Geoinformatics | Outstanding Contributions Award | ||||
| Geophysics | George P. Woollard Award | ||||
| Geoscience Education | Biggs Earth Science Teaching Award | ||||
| History and Philosophy of Geology | Mary C. Rabbitt History of Geology Award | ||||
| Hydrogeology | O. E. Meinzer Award | ||||
| GSA International | Distinguished Career Award | ||||
| Limnogeology | Israel C. Russell Award | ||||
| Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology | Distinguished Geologic Career Award | ||||
| Planetary Geology | G. K. Gilbert Award | ||||
| Quaternary Geology & Geomorphology | Kirk Bryan Award for Research Excellence | ||||
| Sedimentary Geology | Laurence L. Sloss Award | ||||
| Structural Geology & Tectonics | Career Contribution Award |
2016 Rip Rapp Archaeological Geology Award
Daniel H. Sandweiss
University of Maine
Citation by Fred Andrus
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2016 Gilbert H. Cady Award
Robert A. Gastaldo
Colby College
Citation by Jack C. Pashin
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2016 E.B. Burwell, Jr., Award
J.R. Keaton
along with: Wartman, J., Anderson, S., Benoit, J., de LaChapelle, J., Gilbert, R. and Montgomery, D.R.
for: "The 22 March 2014 Oso Landslide, Snohomish County, Washington: Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance" Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, July 22, 2014, 186 p.
Citation by William J. Burns
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2016 Outstanding Contributions in Geoinformatics
Betty Adrian
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver
Citation by Denise J. Hills
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2016 George P. Woollard Award
William J. “Bill” Hinze
Professor Emeritus Purdue University
Citation by G. Randy Keller
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2016 Biggs Award for Excellence in Earth Science Teaching
Joshua Villalobos
El Paso Community College
Citation by Callan Bentley
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2016 Mary C. Rabbitt History and Philosophy of Geology Award
Mott Greene
University of Washington
Citation by Henry Frankel
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2016 O.E. Meinzer Award
Andy Fisher
University of California, Santa Cruz
Citation by Steve Ingebritsen
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2016 GSA International Distinguished Career Award
No award this year
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2016 Israel C. Russell Award
Alan R. Carroll
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Citation by Michael Elliot Smith
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2016 Distinguished Geologic Career Award (MGPV Division)
Donald A. Swanson
U.S. Geological Survey, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Citation by Michael P. Poland And Bruce F. Houghton
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2016 G. K. Gilbert Award
M. Darby Dyar
Mount Holyoke College
Citation by Molly Mccanta
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2016 Kirk Bryan Award
C. Goldfinger
along with: Nelson, C.H., Morey, A.E., Johnson, J.E., Patton, J.R., Karabanov, E., Gutiérrez-Pastor, J., Eriksson, A.T., Gràcia, E., Dunhill, G., Enkin, R.J., Dallimore, A., and Vallier, T.
for: 2012, Turbidite event history—Methods and implications for Holocene paleoseismicity of the Cascadia subduction zone: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1661–F: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, 170 p.
Citation by Alan Nelson And Scott Burns
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2016 Laurence L. Sloss Award
Tim Lowenstein
State University of New York at Binghamton
Citation by Teresa Jordan
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2016 Structural Geology & Tectonics Career Contribution Award
David Pollard
Stanford University
Citation by Stephen J. Martel
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