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GSA Special Papers
The Scientific Ideas of G. K. Gilbert
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Geological Society of America

Volume
183
Copyright:
© 1980 Geological Society of America
Geological Society of America
ISBN print:
9780813721835
Publication date:
January 01, 1980
Book Chapter
Contributions of Grove Karl Gilbert to glacial geology east of the Mississippi River
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Published:January 01, 1980
Grove Karl Gilbert (1843–1918) began his work in professional geology in 1869 as “local assistant” on the newly established Second Geological Survey of Ohio (the “Newberry Survey”). He worked without salary but received $50 per month for expenses. Gilbert investigated Williams, Fulton, and Lucas Counties, the three most northwestern counties adjacent to the Michigan State line. The area extended from Indiana on the west to Toledo at the western end of Lake Erie. His originality, analytical power, and clear verbal and graphic exposition, which were the distinguishing characteristics of his work throughout his career, are completely exhibited in this his...
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- biography
- Cenozoic
- Chordata
- Eastern U.S.
- Eutheria
- geomorphology
- Gilbert, Grove Karl
- glacial geology
- Great Lakes region
- history
- Indiana
- Mammalia
- Mastodontoidea
- Michigan
- moraines
- New York
- Niagara River
- North America
- Ohio
- Pleistocene
- Proboscidea
- Quaternary
- Tetrapoda
- Theria
- United States
- Vertebrata
- Ontario Basin
- Maumee Basin
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