Rock Stars

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Title (in alpha order by the Rock Star's last name)	PDF	Published
Mary Anning: She Sold (Fossil) Sea Shells by the Seashore Renee Clary		May 2019, p. 62–63.
A Life of Firsts: Florence Bascom Jill S. Schneiderman		July 1997, p. 8–9.
Norman L. Bowen: The Experimental Approach to Petrology H.S. Yoder Jr.		May 1998, p. 10–11
Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843–1928) Robert H. Dott Jr.		Oct. 2006, p. 30–31
Preston Cloud: Peripatetic Paleontologist J. Thomas Dutro. Jr.		Aug. 1999, p. 16–17
Reginald Aldworth Daly (1871–1957): Eclectic Theoretician of the Earth James H. Natland		Feb. 2006, p. 24–26
James Dwight Dana (1813–1895): Mineralogist, Zoologist, Geologist, Explorer James H. Natland		Feb. 2003, p. 20–21
Darwin the Geologist Léo F. Laporte		Dec. 1996, p. 8–10
George Mercer Dawson: Pioneer Explorer of Western Canada Charles H. Smith		Aug. 2002, p. 16–17
John William (Sir William) Dawson: Geologist and Educator Susan Sheets-Pyenson		Sept. 1998, p. 14–15
Kenneth Orris Emery (1914–1998): Pioneer Marine Geologist Donn S. Gorsline and Kelvin S. Rodolfo		Nov. 2003, p. 18–19
William Maurice Ewing: Pioneer Explorer of the Ocean Floor and Architect of Lamont William Wertenbaker		Oct. 2000, p. 28–29
Robert M. Garrels (1916–1988): Pioneer of Modern-Day Sedimentary Geochemistry and Geochemical Cycling Fred T. Mackenzie		Oct. 2007, p. 25–27
Robert Minard Garrels (1916–1988) Lee R. Kump		Feb. 2016, p. 20–21
Model Survey Geologist: G. K. Gilbert Joanne Bourgeois		Feb. 1998, p. 16–17
Charles Frederick Hartt — A Pioneer of Brazilian Geology William R. Brice and Silvia F. de M. Figueirôa		Mar. 2003, p. 18–19
Arthur Holmes: An Ingenious Geoscientist Cherry L.E. Lewis		Mar. 2002, p. 16–17
Clarence King: Pioneering Geologist of the West K.R. Aalto		Feb. 2004, p. 18–19
Andrew Cowper Lawson (1861–1952): How a Boy from Canada Became a Legendary Professor of Geology at Berkeley Gerard V. Middleton		Apr./May 2006, p. 50–51
Sir William Edmond Logan, Father of Canadian Geology: His Passion Was Precision Charles H. Smith		May 2000, p. 22–23
A Scientist Concerned About Society: Kirtley F. Mather (1888–1978) Kennard B. Bork		July 1996, p. 8–10
Grand Vision of Edwin D. McKee Earle E. Spamer		Nov. 1999, p. 18–19
Hugh Miller (1802–1856): Scottish Geologist, Popular Writer, and National Hero Kevin Ray Evans		June 2019, p. 36–37
Raymond Cecil Moore: A Great 20th Century Geological Synthesizer Daniel F. Merriam		Aug. 2003, p. 16–18
Israel Cook Russell (1852–1906) K.R. Aalto		Feb. 2009, p. 14–15
Francis Parker Shepard, 1897–1985 Joseph R. Curray		Dec. 2001, p. 20–21
Eugene M. Shoemaker and the Integration of Earth and Sky Mary G. Chapman		Apr. 2001, p. 20–21
George Gaylord Simpson (1902–1984) Léo F. Laporte		Sept. 2004, p. 16–17
William “Strata” Smith Hugh Torrens		Sept. 2015, p. 38–40
Laurence L. Sloss and the Sequence Stratigraphy Revolution Robert H. Dott Jr.		Mar. 2014, p. 24–26
Marie Tharp—Plate Tectonics Pioneer Hali Felt		June 2017, p. 32–33.
W.H. Twenhofel: Patriarch of Sedimentary Geology R.H. Dott Jr.		July 2001, p. 16–17
Formative Years of the Scientific Career of T. Wayland Vaughan Robert N. Ginsburg		Nov. 1995, p. 233–234
From Farmer-Laborer to Famous Leader: Charles D. Walcott (1850–1927) Ellis L. Yochelson		Jan. 1996, p. 8–9
Johannes Walther (1860–1937): More than the law of facies correlation Eberhard Gischler		Aug. 2011, p. 12–13
David White (1862–1935): Pioneer in Coal, Petroleum, and Paleobotanical Studies Paul C. Lyons and Elsie D. Morey		June 2006, p. 54–55
The Father of Modern Volcanology: Howel Williams (1898–1980) Alexander R. McBirney		Aug. 2000, p. 26–27
J. Tuzo Wilson Derek York		Sept. 2001, p. 24–25