Honors & Awards

2017 GSA Division and Section primary Award Recipients

GSA Division   Award Name
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GSA Awards
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Citations & Responses

  • View individually (link beside photos below).
  • Awardees are honored each year at the GSA Annual Meeting.


Past Recipients

To view Citations & Responses from past years, visit the links below.

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

top2017 Rip Rapp Archaeological Geology Award

Panagiotis (Takis) Karkanas Panagiotis (Takis) Karkanas
Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science

Citation by Paul Goldberg
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About the Award | Past Recipients (click on "Awards")
Visit the Archaeological Geology Division Web site

top2017 Gilbert H. Cady Award

Cortland F. Eble Cortland F. Eble
University of Kentucky, Kentucky Geological Survey

Citation by James C. Hower
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About the Award | Past Recipients
Visit the Energy Geology Division Web site

top2017 E.B. Burwell, Jr., Award

P.L. Johnson P.L. Johnson
along with: Shires, P.O., and Sneddon, T.P.

for: "2017, Geologic and Geotechnical Factors Controlling Incipient Slope Instability at a Gravel Quarry, Livermore Basin, California"

Citation by Mike Hart
View Citation & Response ]

About the Award | Past Recipients
Visit the Environmental and Engineering Geology Division Web site

top2017 Outstanding Contributions in Geoinformatics

Kerstin Lehnert Kerstin Lehnert
Solid Earth Sample Registry SESAR

Citation by Leslie Hsu
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About the Award | Past Recipients
Visit the Geoinformatics Division Web site

top2017 George P. Woollard Award

Susan Beck Susan Beck
University of Arizona

Citation by Gene Humphreys
View Citation & Response ]

About the Award | Past Recipients
Visit the Geophysics and Geodynamics Division Web site

top2017 Biggs Award for Excellence in Earth Science Teaching

Laura Lukes Laura Lukes
George Mason University

Citation by Kaatje van der Hoeven Kraft
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About the Award | Past Recipients
Visit the Geoscience Education Division Web site

top2017 Mary C. Rabbitt History and Philosophy of Geology Award

A.M. Celâl Sengör A.M. Celâl Sengör
ITU Maden Fakultesi

Citation by Alan Leviton
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About the Award | Past Recipients
Visit the History and Philosophy of Geology Division Web site

top2017 O.E. Meinzer Award

Donald O. Rosenberry Donald O. Rosenberry
US Geological Survey

Citation by Donald Siegel
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About the Award | Past Recipients
Visit the Hydrogeology Division Web site

top2017 GSA International Distinguished Career Award

No award this year

About the Award | Past Recipients
Visit the GSA International Web site

top2017 Israel C. Russell Award

No award this year

About the Award and How to Nominate
Visit the Limnogeology Division Web site

top2017 Distinguished Geologic Career Award (MGPV Division)

Jon Davidson Jon Davidson
Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

Citation by Shan de Silva and Jim Beard
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About the Award | Past Recipients
Visit the Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology (MGPV) Division Web site

top2017 G. K. Gilbert Award

John A. Grant III John A. Grant III
Smithsonian Institution Center for Earth and Planetary Studies

Citation by Peter H. Schultz
View Citation & Response ]

About the Award | Past Recipients
Visit the Planetary Division Web site

top2017 Kirk Bryan Award

Leslie D. McFadden Leslie D. McFadden
University of New Mexico

Citation by Amy Brock-Hon
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About the Award | Past Recipients  (click on Awards > Kirk Bryan > Past Recipients)
Visit the Quaternary Geology & Geomorphology Division Web site

top2017 Laurence L. Sloss Award

Isabel Montañez Isabel Montañez
University of California at Davis

Citation by Michael C. Pope
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About the Award | Past Recipients
Visit the Sedimentary Geology Division Web site

top2017 Structural Geology & Tectonics Career Contribution Award

Arthur Snoke Arthur Snoke
University of Wyoming

Citation by Allen J. McGrew
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About the Award | Past Recipients
Visit the Structural Geology & Tectonics Division Web site

 

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