Marland Pratt Billings
Marland Pratt Billings (born March 11, 1902 in Boston , † October 9, 1996 in Peterborough , New Hampshire ) was an American structural geologist . He was considered one of the leading authorities on the geology of North America.
Scientific career
Billings graduated from Roxbury Latin School in Boston. He completed his BA in 1923, his MA in 1925 and his Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1927.
For much of his academic career, he was Professor of Geology at Harvard University . He joined the faculty at in 1931 and settled in 1972 as emeritus . From 1946 to 1951 he headed his faculty and was a curator at the Geological Museum. He taught at Bryn Mawr College for a short time after completing his PhD . During the Second World War he evaluated strategic nickel deposits in New Caledonia.
He is best known for his exploration of the complex geology of the Appalachians . With others he distinguished three ore formation phases in the Paleozoic (Taconian, Acadian, Alleghenian).
During the 1950s, Billings studied the geology of the Boston area, particularly in the construction of drainage and sewer tunnels created by the Boston Metropolitan District Commission . His geological research also took him to Iceland , Japan and Australia .
Marland had been married to Katharine Fowler-Billings , a successful naturalist and geologist , since 1938 . With her he had a son.
Honors
- 1987 Penrose Medal from the Geological Society of America
- Honorary doctorates from Washington University in St. Louis and the University of New Hampshire
Memberships
- In 1938 Billings was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
- 1959 President of the Geological Society of America
- American Geophysical Union
- Mineralogical Society of America
- National Academy of Sciences
- Seismological Society of America
Works (selection)
- 1932: Origin of the Appalachian Highlands. (with CR Williams)
- 1935: Geology of the Littleton and Moosilauke quadrangles.
- 1935: Geology of the Franconia quadrangle.
- 1942: Structural Geology. ISBN 0-87692-059-8
- 1946: The Geology of the Mt. Washington Quadrangle.
- 1955: A Geological Map of New Hampshire.
- 1956: Geology of New Hampshire.
- 1965: Chemical analyzes of rocks and rock-minerals from New Hampshire.
- 1965: Geology of the Gorham Quadrangle: New Hampshire-Maine.
- 1966: Geology of the Malden tunnel, Massachusetts.
- 1975: Geology of the North Metropolitan Relief Tunnel, great Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1980: Bedrock geology of New Hampshire (The Geology of New Hampshire).
literature
- Alexander E. Gates: Earth Scientists from A to Z, Facts on File, 2003
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Members of the American Academy. Listed by election year, 1900-1949 ( PDF ). Retrieved September 27, 2015
- ↑ Geological Society of America - Past Presidents ( Memento of the original from August 6, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Tectonophysics Section AGU Fellows
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Billings, Marland Pratt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boston |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 9, 1996 |
| Place of death | Peterborough , New Hampshire |