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Geological Society of America

March 24, 2023

The Geological Society of America (GSA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of the geosciences.

The Geological Society of America
The GSA headquarters building in Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
AbbreviationGSA
Formation1888; 135 years ago (1888)
TypeScientific society
Legal statusNon-profit 501(c)(3)
HeadquartersBoulder, Colorado, United States
Coordinates40°02′14.1″N 105°14′59.8″W / 40.037250°N 105.249944°W / 40.037250; -105.249944Coordinates: 40°02′14.1″N 105°14′59.8″W / 40.037250°N 105.249944°W / 40.037250; -105.249944
Region served
Worldwide
Websitewww.geosociety.org
The Geological Society of America building in Boulder, Colorado, U.S., from above, ca. 2013
Geological field excursion to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, April 30, 1897, following the George Huntington Williams Memorial Lectures delivered by Sir Archibald Geikie at Johns Hopkins University. The photograph was taken by Joseph S. Diller at Jefferson Rock, above Harpers Ferry. Individuals in photo include (starting at top): Cleophas C. O'Harra, Sir Archibald Geikie, Frederick H. Newell, Henry B. Kümmel, George Burbank Shattuck, Rollin D. Salisbury, Arthur Clifford Veatch, Louis Marcus Prindle, Harry F. Reid, Charles R. Van Hise, Cleveland Abbe, Jr., George Willis Stose, Thomas Leonard Watson, Edward Vincent D'Invilliers, Clarence Wilbur Dorsey, Frederick J.H. Merrill, Louis A. Bauer, Arthur Coe Spencer, William J. McGee, William B. Clark, Rufus Mather Bagg, Frank Hall Knowlton, Robert T. Hill, Heinrich Ries, Frank D. Adams, Arthur P. Coleman, Timothy William Stanton, Oliver L. Fassig, Samuel F. Emmons, George F. Becker, Albert Berthold Hoen, George O. Smith, James F. Kemp, Bailey Willis, David White, Edward Bennett Mathews, Charles D. Walcott, John W. Powell, Joseph Stanley-Brown, Joseph Austin Holmes, Charles Willard Hayes, Leonidas Chalmers Glenn, Henry S. Williams.

History

The society was founded in Ithaca, New York, in 1888 by Alexander Winchell, John J. Stevenson, Charles H. Hitchcock, John R. Procter and Edward Orton[1] and has been headquartered at 3300 Penrose Place, Boulder, Colorado, US, since 1967.[2]

GSA began with 100 members under its first president, James Hall. In 1889 Mary Emilie Holmes became its first female member.[3] It grew slowly but steadily to 600 members until 1931, when a nearly $4 million endowment from 1930 president R. A. F. Penrose Jr. jumpstarted GSA's growth. As of December 2017, GSA had more than 25,000 members in over 100 countries.

The society has six regional sections in North America, three interdisciplinary interest groups, and eighteen specialty divisions.[4]

Activities

The stated mission of GSA is "to advance geoscience research and discovery, service to society, stewardship of Earth, and the geosciences profession". Its main activities are sponsoring scientific meetings and publishing scientific literature, particularly the peer-reviewed journals Geological Society of America Bulletin, published continuously since 1889, and Geology, published since 1973. In 2005, GSA introduced its online-only journal Geosphere, and in February 2009, GSA began publishing Lithosphere (both also peer-reviewed). Geosphere and Lithosphere are open access as of 2018. GSA's monthly news and science magazine, GSA Today,[5] is also open access online. GSA also publishes three book series: Special Papers, Memoirs, and Field Guides.[6] A third major activity is awarding research grants to graduate students.[7]

Position statements

GSA issues Position Statements "in support of and consistent with the GSA's Vision and Mission to develop consensus on significant professional, technical, and societal issues of relevance to the geosciences community. Position Statements, developed and adopted through a well-defined process, provide the basis for statements made on behalf of the GSA before government bodies and agencies and communicated to the media and the general public."[8]

For example, in 2006, the GSA adopted a Position Statement on Global Climate Change:

The Geological Society of America (GSA) supports the scientific conclusions that Earth’s climate is changing; the climate changes are due in part to human activities; and the probable consequences of the climate changes will be significant and blind to geopolitical boundaries. Furthermore, the potential implications of global climate change and the time scale over which such changes will likely occur require active, effective, long-term planning.
Current predictions of the consequences of global climate change include: (1) rising sea level, (2) significant alteration of global and regional climatic patterns with an impact on water availability, (3) fundamental changes in global temperature distribution, (4) melting of polar ice, and (5) major changes in the distribution of plant and animal species. While the precise magnitude and rate of climate change cannot be predicted with absolute certainty, significant change will affect the planet and stress its inhabitants.[9]

Past presidents

Past presidents of the Geological Society of America:[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Editor (August 26, 1938) "The Semi-Centennial Meeting of the Geological Society of America" Science (New Series) 88(2278): p. 183
  2. ^ Eckel, Edwin, 1982, GSA Memoir 155, The Geological Society of America — Life History of a Learned Society, p. 79, ISBN 0-8137-1155-X
  3. ^ Edwin Butt Eckel (1982). The Geological Society of America: Life History of a Learned Society. Geological Society of America. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-8137-1155-3.
  4. ^ Editor, 2017, GSA Divisions: GSA Today, v. 27, no. 8, p. 21–24.
  5. ^ "GSA Today". GSA Today. ISSN 1052-5173.
  6. ^ "GSA Books - Process".
  7. ^ Eckel, Edwin, 1982, GSA Memoir 155, The Geological Society of America — Life History of a Learned Society, p. 121, ISBN 0-8137-1155-X.
  8. ^ GSA Position Statements
  9. ^ Global Climate Change
  10. ^ "GSA Leaders, Past & Present". www.geosociety.org/. Retrieved December 29, 2018.

External links

  • GSA Official Website

March 24, 2023
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This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral Please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources September 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Geological Society of America GSA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of the geosciences The Geological Society of AmericaThe GSA headquarters building in Boulder Colorado U S AbbreviationGSAFormation1888 135 years ago 1888 TypeScientific societyLegal statusNon profit 501 c 3 HeadquartersBoulder Colorado United StatesCoordinates40 02 14 1 N 105 14 59 8 W 40 037250 N 105 249944 W 40 037250 105 249944 Coordinates 40 02 14 1 N 105 14 59 8 W 40 037250 N 105 249944 W 40 037250 105 249944Region servedWorldwideWebsitewww wbr geosociety wbr org The Geological Society of America building in Boulder Colorado U S from above ca 2013 Geological field excursion to Harpers Ferry West Virginia April 30 1897 following the George Huntington Williams Memorial Lectures delivered by Sir Archibald Geikie at Johns Hopkins University The photograph was taken by Joseph S Diller at Jefferson Rock above Harpers Ferry Individuals in photo include starting at top Cleophas C O Harra Sir Archibald Geikie Frederick H Newell Henry B Kummel George Burbank Shattuck Rollin D Salisbury Arthur Clifford Veatch Louis Marcus Prindle Harry F Reid Charles R Van Hise Cleveland Abbe Jr George Willis Stose Thomas Leonard Watson Edward Vincent D Invilliers Clarence Wilbur Dorsey Frederick J H Merrill Louis A Bauer Arthur Coe Spencer William J McGee William B Clark Rufus Mather Bagg Frank Hall Knowlton Robert T Hill Heinrich Ries Frank D Adams Arthur P Coleman Timothy William Stanton Oliver L Fassig Samuel F Emmons George F Becker Albert Berthold Hoen George O Smith James F Kemp Bailey Willis David White Edward Bennett Mathews Charles D Walcott John W Powell Joseph Stanley Brown Joseph Austin Holmes Charles Willard Hayes Leonidas Chalmers Glenn Henry S Williams Contents 1 History 2 Activities 3 Position statements 4 Past presidents 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory EditThe society was founded in Ithaca New York in 1888 by Alexander Winchell John J Stevenson Charles H Hitchcock John R Procter and Edward Orton 1 and has been headquartered at 3300 Penrose Place Boulder Colorado US since 1967 2 GSA began with 100 members under its first president James Hall In 1889 Mary Emilie Holmes became its first female member 3 It grew slowly but steadily to 600 members until 1931 when a nearly 4 million endowment from 1930 president R A F Penrose Jr jumpstarted GSA s growth As of December 2017 GSA had more than 25 000 members in over 100 countries The society has six regional sections in North America three interdisciplinary interest groups and eighteen specialty divisions 4 Activities EditThe stated mission of GSA is to advance geoscience research and discovery service to society stewardship of Earth and the geosciences profession Its main activities are sponsoring scientific meetings and publishing scientific literature particularly the peer reviewed journals Geological Society of America Bulletin published continuously since 1889 and Geology published since 1973 In 2005 GSA introduced its online only journal Geosphere and in February 2009 GSA began publishing Lithosphere both also peer reviewed Geosphere and Lithosphere are open access as of 2018 GSA s monthly news and science magazine GSA Today 5 is also open access online GSA also publishes three book series Special Papers Memoirs and Field Guides 6 A third major activity is awarding research grants to graduate students 7 Position statements EditGSA issues Position Statements in support of and consistent with the GSA s Vision and Mission to develop consensus on significant professional technical and societal issues of relevance to the geosciences community Position Statements developed and adopted through a well defined process provide the basis for statements made on behalf of the GSA before government bodies and agencies and communicated to the media and the general public 8 For example in 2006 the GSA adopted a Position Statement on Global Climate Change The Geological Society of America GSA supports the scientific conclusions that Earth s climate is changing the climate changes are due in part to human activities and the probable consequences of the climate changes will be significant and blind to geopolitical boundaries Furthermore the potential implications of global climate change and the time scale over which such changes will likely occur require active effective long term planning Current predictions of the consequences of global climate change include 1 rising sea level 2 significant alteration of global and regional climatic patterns with an impact on water availability 3 fundamental changes in global temperature distribution 4 melting of polar ice and 5 major changes in the distribution of plant and animal species While the precise magnitude and rate of climate change cannot be predicted with absolute certainty significant change will affect the planet and stress its inhabitants 9 Past presidents EditPast presidents of the Geological Society of America 10 James Hall 1889 James Dwight Dana 1890 Alexander Winchell 1891 Grove Karl G K Gilbert 1892 J William Dawson 1893 Thomas C Chamberlin 1894 Nathanial S Shaler 1895 Joseph Le Conte 1896 Edward Orton Sr 1897 J J Stevenson 1898 Benjamin K Emerson 1899 George Mercer Dawson 1900 Charles D Walcott 1901 N H Winchell 1902 Samuel F Emmons 1903 John Casper Branner 1904 Raphael Pumpelly 1905 Israel Cook Russell 1906 C R Van Hise 1907 Samuel Calvin 1908 G K Gilbert 2nd term 1909 Arnold Hague 1910 William M Davis 1911 H L Fairchild 1912 Eugene A Smith 1913 George F Becker 1914 Arthur P Coleman 1915 John M Clarke 1916 Frank D Adams 1917 Whitman Cross 1918 J C Merriam 1919 Israel C White 1920 James F Kemp 1921 Charles Schuchert 1922 David White 1923 Waldemar Lindgren 1924 William B Scott 1925 Andrew Cowper Lawson 1926 Arthur Keith 1927 Bailey Willis 1928 Heinrich Ries 1929 R A F Penrose Jr 1930 Alfred C Lane 1931 Reginald Aldworth Daly 1932 C K Leith 1933 W H Collins 1934 Nevin M Fenneman 1935 W C Mendenhall 1936 Charles Palache 1937 Arthur Louis Day 1938 T Wayland Vaughan 1939 Eliot Blackwelder 1940 Charles P Berkey 1941 Douglas W Johnson 1942 E L Bruce 1943 Adolph Knopf 1944 Edward W Berry 1945 Norman L Bowen 1946 A I Levorsen 1947 James Gilluly 1948 Chester Ray Longwell 1949 William Walden Rubey 1950 Chester Stock 1951 Thomas S Lovering 1952 Wendell P Woodring 1953 Ernst Cloos 1954 Walter H Bucher 1955 George S Hume 1956 Richard J Russell 1957 Raymond Cecil Moore 1958 Marland P Billings 1959 Hollis Dow Hedberg 1960 Thomas B Nolan 1961 M King Hubbert 1962 Harry H Hess 1963 Francis Birch 1964 Wilmot H Bradley 1965 Robert Ferguson Legget 1966 Konrad B Krauskopf 1967 Ian Campbell 1968 Morgan J Davis 1969 John Rodgers 1970 Richard H Jahns 1971 Luna Leopold 1972 John C Maxwell 1973 Clarence R Allen 1974 Julian R Goldsmith 1975 Robert E Folinsbee 1976 Charles L Drake 1977 Peter T Flawn 1978 Leon T Silver 1979 Laurence L Sloss 1980 Howard R Gould 1981 Digby J McLaren 1982 Paul A Bailly 1983 M Gordon Wolman 1984 Brian J Skinner 1985 W Gary Ernst 1986 Jack E Oliver 1987 Albert W Bally 1988 Randolph Bromery 1989 Raymond A Price 1990 Doris Malkin Curtis 1991 E An Zen 1992 Robert D Hatcher 1993 William R Dickinson 1994 David A Stephenson 1995 Eldridge M Moores 1996 George A Thompson 1997 Victor R Baker 1998 Gail M Ashley 1999 Mary Lou Zoback 2000 Sharon Mosher 2001 Anthony J Naldrett 2002 B Clark Burchfiel 2003 Rob Van der Voo 2004 William A Thomas 2005 Stephen G Wells 2006 John M Jack Sharp Jr 2007 Judith Totman Parrish 2008 Jean M Bahr 2009 Joaquin Ruiz 2010 John Geissman 2011 George H Davis 2012 Suzanne Mahlburg Kay 2013 Harry Hap McSween 2014 Jonathan G Price 2015 Claudia I Mora 2016 Isabel P Montanez 2017 Robbie Gries 2018 Donald I Siegel 2019 J Douglas Walker 2020 Barbara Dutrow 2021See also Edit geology portalPenrose Medal Arthur L Day Medal Meinzer Award Kirk Bryan Award G K Gilbert Award Florence Bascom Mary C Rabbitt Doris M Curtis Outstanding Woman in Science AwardReferences Edit Editor August 26 1938 The Semi Centennial Meeting of the Geological Society of America Science New Series 88 2278 p 183 Eckel Edwin 1982 GSA Memoir 155 The Geological Society of America Life History of a Learned Society p 79 ISBN 0 8137 1155 X Edwin Butt Eckel 1982 The Geological Society of America Life History of a Learned Society Geological Society of America p 36 ISBN 978 0 8137 1155 3 Editor 2017 GSA Divisions GSA Today v 27 no 8 p 21 24 GSA Today GSA Today ISSN 1052 5173 GSA Books Process Eckel Edwin 1982 GSA Memoir 155 The Geological Society of America Life History of a Learned Society p 121 ISBN 0 8137 1155 X GSA Position Statements Global Climate Change GSA Leaders Past amp Present www geosociety org Retrieved December 29 2018 External links EditGSA Official Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Geological Society of America amp oldid 1132701716, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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