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Laurence L. Sloss (August 26, 1913 – November 2, 1996) was an American geologist.
[1] He taught
geology at
Northwestern University from 1947 until his retirement in 1981.
[1]
[2]
He was president,
Geological Society of America (GSA), with his tenure beginning in 1980.
[3] The GSA's Laurence L. Sloss Award is named in his honor.
[4] He was also president of the
Society for Sedimentary Geology and
American Geosciences Institute .
[5]
Education and field work
Sloss received his bachelor's degree at
Stanford University and his Ph.D. at the
University of Chicago in 1937.
[1]
He is known as a pioneer in the discipline of
sequence stratigraphy ,
[5] and for his descriptions of
cratonic sequences or "Sloss sequences" in ancient North America. As a whole, these sequences are large-scale cycles in
sedimentary rock records that indicate broad patterns of environmental change over geologic time – specifically
marine transgression and
regression .
[6]
[7]
[8]
Awards and recognition
He was awarded the
William H. Twenhofel Medal from the
American Association of Petroleum Geologists in 1980
[9] and
the Geological Society of America's
Penrose Medal in 1986.
[10]
References
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"Memorial to Laurence L. Sloss, 1913–1996" (PDF) . Memorials . 30 : 79–82.
ISSN
0091-5041 .
Wikidata
Q67153591 .
^ Heise, Kenan (November 7, 1996).
"LAURENCE SLOSS, NU GEOLOGY PROFESSOR" . chicagotribune.com . Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 5, 2019 .
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"GSA Leaders, Past & Present" . geosociety.org . Geological Society of America. Retrieved September 5, 2019 .
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"Laurence L. Sloss Award" . geosociety.org . Geological Society of America. Retrieved September 5, 2019 .
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a
b Dott, Robert H. Jr. (March 2014).
"Laurence L. Sloss and the Sequence Stratigraphy Revolution" (PDF) . GSA Today . 24 : 24–26.
ISSN
1052-5173 .
Wikidata
Q67155905 .
^ Burgess, Peter M. (2008).
"Phanerozoic Evolution of the Sedimentary Cover of the North American Craton" . In Miall, Andrew D. (ed.). The Sedimentary Basins of the United States and Canada . Sedimentary Basins of the World. Vol. 5. Elsevier. pp. 31–63.
doi :
10.1016/S1874-5997(08)00002-6 .
ISBN
978-0-444-50425-8 .
ISSN
1874-5997 . Retrieved January 24, 2021 .
^ Sloss, L. L. (1964). Merriam, D. F. (ed.).
"Tectonic Cycles of the North American Craton" . Kansas Geological Survey, Bulletin (169): 449–459. Retrieved January 24, 2021 .
^ Sloss, L. L. (February 1963).
"Sequences in the Cratonic Interior of North America" . GSA Bulletin . 74 (2). Geological Society of America: 93–114.
doi :
10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[93:SITCIO]2.0.CO;2 . Retrieved January 24, 2021 .
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"Past Winners" . sepm.org . Society for Sedimentary Geology. Retrieved September 5, 2019 .
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"Past Award & Medal Recipients" . geosociety.org . Geological Society of America. Retrieved September 5, 2019 .
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