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Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship

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For their discovery that the stripes in oceanic magnetic anomaly patterns are a datable record of the history of sea-floor spreading and continental drift, thus making one of the major contributions to the revolution in earth sciences now known as plate
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For his measurement of fundamental properties of elements and minerals under extreme conditions and development of the diamond cell to megabar pressures, thereby increasing our knowledge of planetary interiors.
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For development of the new field of "chemical geodynamics" through the use of the chemical and isotopic signature of mantle-derived samples to map and constrain the dynamical evolution of the Earth's interior.
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For her work that combines geodynamic modeling, petrology, geochemistry and field investigations to provide first-order constraints and fundamental insights into planetary chemical differentiation processes.
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For innovative use of U-Th and stable isotope systems to discover and quantify abrupt 30-500 ka temperature excursions and their timings attending Milankovitch cycle-induced global climate changes.
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For his work on enhancing our comprehension of the intricate connection between sea level rise and ice sheet melting, as well as the effects on both historical and contemporary human communities.
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For his work in the use of isotopes in studying geophysical problems of the solar system, ranging from the early solar nebula to rock formation on the moon and in the earth's mantle.
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For the masterful use of the isotopes of the elements from hydrogen through oxygen in attacking problems of cosmochemistry, mantle geochemistry, oceanography, and climatology.
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For his outstanding contributions to the fundamental physics of the earthquake source process and to its application to earthquake prediction and mitigation of seismic risks.
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For his pioneering work on the study of the abundance and chemical physics of radicals in the stratosphere and the effects of human influence on the ozone layer.
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This article is about the award presented by the National Academy of Sciences. For the award presented by the Geological Society of America, see
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For his fundamental work on the thermodynamics of the earth's core and mantle, and his contributions to scholarship in the earth's sciences.
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For fundamental research into the fluid mechanics of natural and multiphase flows and for pioneering the field of geological fluid mechanics
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For his uniquely evocative, creative voice that has fundamentally changed the way we think about the role of oceans in the climate system.
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For her work in understanding atmospheric chemistry related to stratospheric ozone depletion and for her leadership in
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For his work on mineral systems under extreme conditions of pressure and temperature.
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For his analysis of seismological data constraining the tectonics of the earth's
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For his development of the geomagnetic-reversal time scale.
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For his studies of the flow of ice sheets and ice streams
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Arthur L. Day Medal
National Academy of Sciences
Arthur L. Day
Jerry X. Mitrovica
Linda T. Elkins-Tanton
Susan Solomon
communicating climate change
Richard Alley
R. Lawrence Edwards
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Stanley R. Hart
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Herbert E. Huppert
Wallace Smith Broecker
Sean C. Solomon
lithosphere
James G. Anderson
Hiroo Kanamori
Ho-kwang Mao
Harmon Craig
Allan V. Cox
G. J. Wasserburg
John Verhoogen
Drummond H. Matthews
Fred J. Vine
Hatten S. Yoder, Jr.
List of geology awards
"Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship"
"Jerry X. Mitrovica"

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