Arthur L. Day Medal
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The Arthur L. Day Medal is a prize awarded by the Geological Society of America
, established in 1948 by Arthur Louis Day
for "outstanding distinction in contributing to geologic knowledge through the application of physics and chemistry to the solution of geologic problems".
Geological Society of America
The Geological Society of America is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of the geosciences. The society was founded in New York in 1888 by Alexander Winchell, John J. Stevenson, Charles H. Hitchcock, John R. Proctor and Edward Orton and has been headquartered at 3300 Penrose...
, established in 1948 by Arthur Louis Day
Arthur Louis Day
Louis Day was an American geological physicist. He was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts. Day established the Arthur L. Day Medal , for "outstanding distinction in contributing to geologic knowledge through the application of physics and chemistry to the solution of geologic problems", in...
for "outstanding distinction in contributing to geologic knowledge through the application of physics and chemistry to the solution of geologic problems".