Earth Sciences History
EARTH SCIENCES HISTORY
Volume 43, No. 2, 2024
CONTENTS
Letters from the President, Treasurer, Secretary and Editor’s Introduction ii–iv
Marianne Klemun, Kristan Cockerill, Maddalena Napolitani, John Diemer
Special Issue: Papers from the 6th International Paleontological Congress, Thailand
Preface: “Hidden Histories revealed in scientific revision of paleontological collections” 205–206
Kathleen Histon, Toshihiro Yamada and Susan Turner
Borrowed illustrations of Glossopetrae with shark’s head: Steno and the Vatican 207–221
collection of Mercati
Toshihiro Yamada
Preparation techniques: from single bone fragments to mounted skeletons—models, 222–247
hybrid epistemic objects, and the question of evidence in the context of
19th-century Moa finds
Marianne Klemun
The Dinotherium and the Acropolis: Albert Gaudry’s reconstruction of the extinct 248–255
fauna of Attica and the making of Greece into a European state (1850s–1860s)
Victor Monnin
‘Awakening’ fossils in China: International efforts in publishing Palaeontologia Sinica 256–271
Chengsheng Sun
A history of 20th century graptolite studies in Malaysia: The role of Clive Roderick Jones 272–285
Muhammad Aqqid Saparin and Mohd Suhaili Ismail
The importance of fossils and their collections in the development of modern stratigraphy 286–302
David Harper
Volunteered Papers
The pink rocks of Carlo Crivelli (circa 1489) 303–326
Alessandro Montanari, Gaia Pignocchi, Gianluca Mainiero, and
Maurizio Maniero
Prehnite–The first mineral discovered in South Africa and the first named after a person 327–348
Bruce Cairncross and Sharad Master
The beginnings of the peninsula: William Healey Dall and Florida 349–362
Karl Miller
Gordon Lyall Paver (1913–1988) and 42nd Geological Section, South African 363–403
Engineer Corps: Military geology and geophysics in World War II supporting
British Army operations: Part 2, North Africa, the Middle East and the
Mediterranean Region, 1941–1945
Edward P. F. Rose
Scars on the Shield: Carlyle Beals, Peter Millman, and the beginning of the Canadian 404–422
Meteorite Crater Program, 1950–1960
Howard Plotkin
Origins and outcomes of the 1961 SEPM/AAPG Carbonate Rock Classification 423–452
Symposium
Carl N. Drummond
Book Reviews Edited by Paul Lucier 453–458
Oreskes, Naomi. 2022. Science on a Mission: How Military Funding Shaped what We
Know and Don’t Know about the Ocean
Reviewed by Paul Lucier
Notes on Contributors 459–462
Guidelines for Authors 463–464
How to Join the History of Earth Sciences Society 465
Manuscript Submission
Journal Scope:
Manuscripts are welcomed in the following areas:
- Historical work on all areas of the earth sciences — geology, geography, geophysics, oceanography, paleontology, meteorology, and climatology.
- Historical studies — biography, history of ideas, social history, and histories of institutions, organizations, and techniques.
- Eloges and book reviews.
Submit manuscripts by email to the Editor, John Diemer, jadiemer@charlotte.edu
Submit Book Reviews to Paul Lucier, paullucier2@gmail.com
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