G. K. Warren Prize
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The G. K. Warren Prize is awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences
"for noteworthy and distinguished accomplishment in fluviatile geology
and closely related aspects of the geological sciences." Named in honor of Gouverneur Kemble Warren, it was first awarded in 1969 and has been awarded every four years since 1982.
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United States National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
"for noteworthy and distinguished accomplishment in fluviatile geology
Geology
Geology is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which it evolves. Geology gives insight into the history of the Earth, as it provides the primary evidence for plate tectonics, the evolutionary history of life, and past climates...
and closely related aspects of the geological sciences." Named in honor of Gouverneur Kemble Warren, it was first awarded in 1969 and has been awarded every four years since 1982.
List of G. K. Warren Prize winners
- 2010: Alan D. Howard
- 2006: Michael A. Church
- 2002: Gary Parker
- 1998: Thomas Dunne
- 1994: Claudio Vita-Finzi
- 1990: John R. L. AllenJohn R. L. AllenJohn Robert Laurence Allen FRS is a British geologist, and professor emeritus at Reading University.He won the 1996 Penrose Medal.-Works:*Sedimentary Structures vol. 1, Elsevier Science, 1982, ISBN 9780444419354*Sedimentary Structures vol...
- 1986: Stanley A. Schumm
- 1982: John T. Hack
- 1976: Walter B. Langbein
- 1973: Luna B. LeopoldLuna LeopoldLuna Bergere Leopold was a leading U.S. geomorphologist and hydrologist, and son of Aldo Leopold. He received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1936; an M.S. in Physics-Meteorology from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1944; and a Ph.D...
- 1969: Ralph A. BagnoldRalph Alger BagnoldBrigadier Ralph Alger Bagnold, FRS OBE, was the founder and first commander of the British Army's Long Range Desert Group during World War II. He is also generally considered to have been a pioneer of desert exploration, an acclaim earned for his activities during the 1930s...
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External links
- G. K. Warren Prize National Academy of Sciences web site