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Wolman, M. Gordon was born on August 16, 1924 in Baltimore. Son of Abel and Anna (Gordon) Wolman.
( This excellent text is a pioneering work in the study o...)
This excellent text is a pioneering work in the study of landform development under processes associated with running water. Its primary emphasis is on subjects that were the focus of the authors' studies in both field and laboratory. Part I deals with the process of change in the evolving landscape. Part II explores process and form, and Part III, the effects of time. In Part I, the relation of geomorphology to field problems is analyzed in studies of a mountain block in a semiarid climate, a meandering river cut into bedrock, and benches along a sea coast. Part Two contains studies of weathering, climate, and such denudational processes as flooding and erosion. Here, too, are examinations of the drainage basin as a geomorphic unit, water and sediment in channels, channel form and process, and hillslope characteristics and processes. In Part III, the authors cover geochronology, drainage pattern evolution, channel changes with time, and the evolution of hillslopes. Two appendixes will help readers convert units and equivalents, and identify symbols and nomenclature. 1964 edition.
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Wolman, M. Gordon was born on August 16, 1924 in Baltimore. Son of Abel and Anna (Gordon) Wolman.
Student, Haverford College. Bachelor of Arts in Geology, Johns Hopkins University, 1949. Master of Arts in Geology, Harvard University, 1951.
Doctor of Philosophy in Geology, Harvard University, 1953.
Geologist United States Geological Survey, 1951-1958, part-time, 1958—2010. Associate professor geography Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1958-1962, B. Howell Griswold, Junior professor, geography and international affairs, 1962—2010. Chairman department geography and environmental engineering Johns Hopkins University, 1958—1990, interim provost, 1987, 90, professor environmental health science, 1998—2010.
Advisory committee geography United States Office Naval Research, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Executive committee division earth science National Research Council. International environmental programs committee, environmental studies board, committee water, committee mineral resources and environmental, chairman national commission water quality policy National Academy of Sciences.
Chairman National Research Council Committee Advisory United States Geological Survey. Chairman National Academy of Sciences Commission Geophysical Society, Environment and Resources, National Research Council Board Sustainability, 1995—2000. Chairman study land use and populationNRC Tri-Academy, China, India.
Environmental advisory committee Savannah River Technology center. Chairman United States Committee for IIASA, 1999—2003. Chairman advisory committee management and protection of water resources State. of Maryland, 2004—2008.
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President board trustees Park School, Baltimore. President board directors Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, Resources for Future, 1980-1987. Advisory committee Institute Nuclear Power Operations, 1982-1985.
Active Baltimore City Charter Revision Commission, Community Action Committee, Baltimore With United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society of Civil Engineers, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, American Geophysical Union (chairman subcommittee sedimentation, president hydrol. section, Robert Horton medal 2000), Geological Society of America (vice president 1983, president 1984, Penrose medal 1999), American Philosophical Society, American Geography Society (councillor 1965-1970, Cullum Geography medal 1989), Washington Geological Society, Agricultural History Society, Maryland Academy of Sciences (executive committee 1970-1975), American Geophysical Union, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Elaine Mielke, June 20, 1951. Children: Elsa Anne, Abel Gordon, Abby Lucille, Fredericka Jeannette.