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]
Oscar Edward Meinzer | |
|---|---|
 Meinzer in 1916 | |
| Born | November 28, 1876[2] |
| Died | June 14, 1948 (aged 71)[2] |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Known for | Father of groundwater hydrology |
| Spouse | Alice Breckenridge Crawford[2] |
| Children | Robert William Meinzer and Roy Crawford Meinzer[3] |
| Awards | William Bowie Medal[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | United States Geological Survey |
| Thesis | The occurrence of ground water in the United States, with a discussion of principles (1922) |
Selected works
edit- — (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
edit- ^ "Oscar Edward Meinzer". Honors program. American Geophysical Union. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ —; 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. Bibcode:1964GrWat...2b...2H. 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.
External links
edit- List of books by Meinzer
- Meinzer collection (USGS Denver Library Photographic Collection)
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