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Kirk Bryan (geologist)

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Leopold did not provide a list of the National Medal of Science winners to whom he referred, however, two are Robert P Sharp and himself. Earth scientists in addition to Leopold who had received the National Medal of Science at the time of this statement include geochemist
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is named in his honour. It is awarded annually in recognition of a publication of distinction advancing the science of geomorphology or
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The son of R.W.D. Bryan (Astronomer under Hall in the Polaris expedition), Bryan received his undergraduate education at the
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1928. Historic evidence on changes in the channel of Rio Puerco, a tributary of the Rio Grande in New Mexico.
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His students made important advances in a variety of subjects, including alluvial chronology,
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Bryan was a prolific writer. This is a partial list of his scientific contributions:
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K. Bryan and C.C. Albritton. 1943. Soil phenomena as evidence of climate changes.
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1938. Prehistoric quarries and implements of pre-Amerindian aspect in New Mexico.
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1925. Date of channel trenching (arroyo cutting) in the arid Southwest.
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1927. Channel erosion of the Rio Salado, Socorro County, New Mexico.
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1928. Change in plant associations by change in ground water level.
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1950. The Place of Geomorphology in the Geographic Sciences.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico Territory
Cody
Wyoming
American
Yale University
Kirk Bryan Jr.
geology
Luna Leopold
John Tilton Hack
Albuquerque
New Mexico Territory
Cody
Wyoming
American
geologist
Harvard University
University of New Mexico
Yale University
geomorphologist
Luna Leopold
periglacial
glacial geology
archaeology
National Medal of Science
Geological Society of America
Kirk Bryan Award
Quaternary geology
Science
U.S. Geological Survey

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