William R. Dickinson

William R. Dickinson
الجامعة الأمStanford University
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Dickinson's QFL triangle

William Richard Dickinson (October 26, 1931 – July 21, 2015) was a professor emeritus of geoscience at the University of Arizona and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.[1] Dickinson was a professor at Stanford University[2] and joined the U of A faculty in 1979.[3]

Early life

Dickinson was born near Nashville, Tennessee, on October 26, 1931,[4] and grew up in Travellers Rest, a historic plantation house built by the slaves of his great-great-grandfather Judge John Overton in 1799.[5] Dickinson enrolled at Stanford University in 1948, and graduated with a Bachelor's of Science in petroleum engineering in 1952 and a Ph.D in geology in 1958.[5]

Career

Dickinson was renowned for his work in plate tectonics,[6] sedimentary geology and Pacific Oceana geology and was considered one of the foremost experts on the geology of the Colorado Plateau. Dickinson was one of the founders of the Gazzi-Dickinson Method and its primary application, QFL diagrams and their use in sandstone provenance.

Dickinson's research includes studying the potsherds (historic or prehistoric fragments of pottery) of Pacific Oceana. Over the years, he visited hundreds of Pacific Islands collecting and dating sherds.[7]

Awards

Later life

In later life, Dickinson resided in Tucson, Arizona, where he continued to do research and teach at the University of Arizona. He died on July 21, 2015, while on a field expedition to Nuku'alofa, Tonga.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ "59 Are Chosen for National Academy of Sciences". www.nytimes.com. N.Y. Times. 10 May 1992. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  2. ^ A report by Dickinson when he was at Stanford
  3. ^ "George Davis - Tribute to William R. Dickinson - Geosciences". www.geo.arizona.edu (in الإنجليزية).
  4. ^ A to Z of Earth Scientists, p. 72, في كتب گوگل
  5. ^ أ ب Biographical memoir of William R. Dickinson from the National Academy of Sciences.
  6. ^ Ingersoll, Raymond V.; Lawton, Timothy F.; Schweickert, Richard A.; Graham, Stephan A. (2018). "William R. Dickinson (1931–2015): Hero of plate tectonics, sedimentary basins, and provenance". Tectonics, Sedimentary Basins, and Provenance: A Celebration of the Career of William R. Dickinson. doi:10.1130/2018.2540(01).
  7. ^ Dickinson, William R.; Shutler, Richard (1979). "Petrography of sand tempers in Pacific Islands potsherds: Summary". Geological Society of America Bulletin. 90 (11): 993.
  8. ^ Beal, Tom (28 July 2015). "William Dickinson, UA plate tectonics leader, dies at age 83". Arizona Daily Star (in الإنجليزية).
  9. ^ Ingersoll, Raymond V.; Lawton, Timothy F.; Schweickert, Richard A.; Graham, Stephan A. (2018). "William R. Dickinson (1931–2015): Hero of plate tectonics, sedimentary basins, and provenance". Tectonics, Sedimentary Basins, and Provenance: A Celebration of the Career of William R. Dickinson (in الإنجليزية). Geological Society of America. ISBN 978-0-8137-2540-6.
  10. ^ "Geological Society of America - Honors & Awards".
  11. ^ Jensen, Mari N. (July 27, 2015). "William R. Dickinson, Major Figure in Plate Tectonics and Pacific Archaeology, Dies". University of Arizona. Archived from the original on August 11, 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. ^ Staff. "AAAS Fellow William R. Dickinson Dead at 83". www.aaas.org (in الإنجليزية).

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