Oscar Edward Meinzer

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Oscar Edward Meinzer
Black and white photograph of man
Meinzer in 1916
Born(1876-11-28)November 28, 1876[1]
Davis, Illinois[1]
DiedJune 14, 1948(1948-06-14) (aged 71)[1]
Washington, D.C.[1]
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Known forFather of groundwater hydrology
Spouse(s)Alice Breckenridge Crawford[1]
ChildrenRobert William Meinzer and Roy Crawford Meinzer[2]
AwardsWilliam Bowie Medal[3]
Scientific career
InstitutionsUnited States Geological Survey
ThesisThe occurrence of ground water in the United States, with a discussion of principles (1922)
Cuban well diggers at Guantanamo Base in 1920
Camp in Craters of the Moon National Monument, 1921 photo by Meinzer.
Casa Techo in (1920)

Oscar Edward Meinzer (November 28, 1876 – June 14, 1948) was an American hydrogeologist who has been called the "father of modern groundwater hydrology".[1][4][2] He was awarded the William Bowie Medal in 1943. The O. E. Meinzer award is named for him. He collaborated with Norah Dowell Stearns, one of the first women hydrogeologists.[5]

Selected works[]

  • — (1923). The occurrence of ground water in the United States, with a discussion of principles (PDF) (Report). Water Supply Paper 489. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  • — (1923). Outline of ground-water hydrology, with definitions (PDF) (Report). Water Supply Paper 494. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  • —; Hard, Herbert A (1925). The artesian water supply of the Dakota sandstone in North Dakota, with special reference to the Edgeley quadrangle (PDF) (Report). Water Supply Paper 520. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  • — (1927). Plants as indicators of ground water (PDF) (Report). Water Supply Paper 577. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  • — (1928). "Compressibility and elasticity of artesian aquifers". Economic Geology. 23 (3): 263–291. doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.23.3.263.
  • — (1929). A study of ground water in the Pomperaug Basin, Connecticut : with special reference to intake and discharge (PDF) (Report). Water Supply Paper 597-B. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  • —; Stearns, Norah Dowell (1929). Problems of the soft-water supply of the Dakota sandstone, with special reference to the conditions at Canton, South Dakota (PDF) (Report). Water Supply Paper 597-C. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  • — (1932). Outline of methods for estimating ground-water supplies (PDF) (Report). Water Supply Paper 638. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  • —; Fishel, V. C (1934). "Tests of permeability with low hydraulic gradients". Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 15 (2): 405. doi:10.1029/TR015i002p00405.
  • —, ed. (1942). Hydrology. McGraw-Hill.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Meinzer, Oscar Edward". Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 9. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons. 2008. pp. 257–258. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Sayre, A. Nelson (1948). "Oscar Edward Meinzer". Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 29 (4): 455. doi:10.1029/TR029i004p00455.
  3. ^ "Oscar Edward Meinzer". Honors program. American Geophysical Union. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  4. ^ Meyer, Gerald (17 November 2012). "Oscar E. Meinzer — father of modern groundwater hydrology in the United States". Hydrogeology Journal. 3 (2): 76–78. doi:10.1007/s10040-995-0005-0.
  5. ^ —; Stearns, Norah Dowell (1929). Problems of the soft-water supply of the Dakota sandstone, with special reference to the conditions at Canton, South Dakota (PDF) (Report). Water Supply Paper 597-C. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  • Hackett, O. M. (April 1964). "The father of modern groundwater hydrology". Ground Water. 2 (2): 2–5. doi:10.1111/j.1745-6584.1964.tb01749.x.
  • Lohman, S. W. (1986). "Tribute to Oscar Edward Meinzer". In J. S. Rosenshein; J.E. Moore; S.W. Lohman; E.B. Chase (eds.). Two-hundred years of hydrogeology in the United States (PDF) (Report). U.S. Geological Survey. pp. 51–60. Open-File Report 86-480. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  • Maxey, George B. (1986). "The Meinzer era of hydrogeology in the United States, 1910-40". In J. S. Rosenshein; J.E. Moore; S.W. Lohman; E.B. Chase (eds.). Two-hundred years of hydrogeology in the United States (PDF) (Report). U.S. Geological Survey. pp. 45–50. Open-File Report 86-480. Retrieved 2 September 2015.

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