Oscar Edward Meinzer Explained

Oscar Edward Meinzer
Birth Date:	28 November 1876
Birth Place:	Davis, Illinois
Death Place:	Washington, D.C.
Workplaces:	United States Geological Survey
Alma Mater:	University of Chicago
Thesis Title:	The occurrence of ground water in the United States, with a discussion of principles
Thesis Url:	http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b524287
Thesis Year:	1922
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Known For:	Father of groundwater hydrology
Awards:	William Bowie Medal^[1]
Spouse:	Alice Breckenridge Crawford
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Children:	Robert William Meinzer and Roy Crawford Meinzer

Oscar Edward Meinzer (November 28, 1876 – June 14, 1948) was an American hydrogeologist who has been called the "father of modern groundwater hydrology".^{[2] [3] [4]} 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]

Selected works

• Oscar Edward . Meinzer . 1 . The occurrence of ground water in the United States, with a discussion of principles . Water Supply Paper 489 . United States Geological Survey . 1923 . 2 September 2015.
• Oscar Edward . Meinzer . 1 . Outline of ground-water hydrology, with definitions . Water Supply Paper 494 . United States Geological Survey . 1923 . 2 September 2015.
• Oscar Edward . Meinzer . 1. Herbert A . Hard . The artesian water supply of the Dakota sandstone in North Dakota, with special reference to the Edgeley quadrangle . Water Supply Paper 520 . United States Geological Survey . 1925 . 2 September 2015.
• Oscar Edward . Meinzer . 1 . Plants as indicators of ground water . Water Supply Paper 577 . United States Geological Survey . 1927 . 2 September 2015.
• Meinzer. O. E.. 1. Compressibility and elasticity of artesian aquifers. Economic Geology. 1928. 23. 3. 263–291. 10.2113/gsecongeo.23.3.263. 1928EcGeo..23..263M .
• Oscar Edward . Meinzer . 1 . A study of ground water in the Pomperaug Basin, Connecticut : with special reference to intake and discharge . Water Supply Paper 597-B . United States Geological Survey . 1929 . 2 September 2015.
• Oscar Edward . Meinzer . 1 . Norah Dowell . Stearns . Problems of the soft-water supply of the Dakota sandstone, with special reference to the conditions at Canton, South Dakota . Water Supply Paper 597-C . United States Geological Survey . 1929 . 2 September 2015.
• Oscar Edward . Meinzer . 1 . Outline of methods for estimating ground-water supplies . Water Supply Paper 638 . United States Geological Survey . 1932 . 2 September 2015.
• Moinzer. O. E.. Fishel. V. C. 1 . Tests of permeability with low hydraulic gradients. Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 1934. 15. 2. 405. 10.1029/TR015i002p00405. 1934TrAGU..15..405M .
• Book: Meinzer. Oscar E.. 1 . Hydrology. 1942. McGraw-Hill.

References

• Hackett. O. M.. The father of modern groundwater hydrology. Ground Water. April 1964. 2. 2. 2–5. 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1964.tb01749.x. 1964GrWat...2b...2H .
• Lohman . S. W. . Tribute to Oscar Edward Meinzer . 51 - 60 . J. S. Rosenshein . J.E. Moore . S.W. Lohman . E.B. Chase . 1986. Two-hundred years of hydrogeology in the United States . U.S. Geological Survey . Open-File Report 86-480 . 2 September 2015.
• Maxey . George B. . The Meinzer era of hydrogeology in the United States, 1910-40 . 45 - 50 . J. S. Rosenshein . J.E. Moore . S.W. Lohman . E.B. Chase . 1986 . Two-hundred years of hydrogeology in the United States . U.S. Geological Survey . Open-File Report 86-480 . 2 September 2015 .

External links

• List of books by Meinzer
• Meinzer collection (USGS Denver Library Photographic Collection)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oscar Edward Meinzer. Honors program. American Geophysical Union. 2 September 2015.
2. Encyclopedia: Meinzer, Oscar Edward . Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography . 9 . Detroit . Charles Scribner's Sons . 2008 . 257 - 258 . 23 November 2013.
3. Meyer. Gerald. Oscar E. Meinzer — father of modern groundwater hydrology in the United States. Hydrogeology Journal. 17 November 2012. 3. 2. 76–78. 10.1007/s10040-995-0005-0. 128468128 .
4. Sayre. A. Nelson. Oscar Edward Meinzer. Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 1948. 29. 4. 455–456. 10.1029/TR029i004p00455. 1948TrAGU..29..455S .
5. Problems of the soft-water supply of the Dakota sandstone, with special reference to the conditions at Canton, South Dakota. Meinzer. Oscar Edward. Stearns. Norah Dowell. United States Geological Survey. 2 September 2015. 1. Water Supply Paper 597-C. 1929.