Oscar Edward Meinzer

Oscar Edward Meinzer
Meinzer in 1916
Born(1876-11-28)November 28, 1876[2]
Davis, Illinois[2]
DiedJune 14, 1948(1948-06-14) (aged 71)[2]
Washington, D.C.[2]
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Known forFather of groundwater hydrology
SpouseAlice Breckenridge Crawford[2]
ChildrenRobert William Meinzer and Roy Crawford Meinzer[3]
AwardsWilliam Bowie Medal[1]
Scientific career
InstitutionsUnited States Geological Survey
ThesisThe occurrence of ground water in the United States, with a discussion of principles (1922)

Oscar Edward Meinzer (November 28, 1876 – June 14, 1948) was an American hydrogeologist who has been called the "father of modern groundwater hydrology".[2][4][3] 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. Bibcode:1928EcGeo..23..263M. 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. Bibcode:1934TrAGU..15..405M. doi:10.1029/TR015i002p00405.
  • —, ed. (1942). Hydrology. McGraw-Hill.

References

  1. ^ "Oscar Edward Meinzer". Honors program. American Geophysical Union. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Meinzer, Oscar Edward". Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Vol. 9. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons. 2008. pp. 257–258. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  3. ^ a b Sayre, A. Nelson (1948). "Oscar Edward Meinzer". Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 29 (4): 455–456. Bibcode:1948TrAGU..29..455S. doi:10.1029/TR029i004p00455.
  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. S2CID 128468128.
  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.


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