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Chester R. Longwell (15 October 1887 – 15 December 1975) was an American geologist whose work clarified the geology of the Great Basin area. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War I and taught at Yale. http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/longwell-chester.pdf

Life
Life Chronology


 * 1887: born in Spalding, Missouri, on 15 October 1887.
 * 1915: A.B., University of Missouri
 * 1916: A.M., University of Missouri
 * 1916-1920: geologist, Oklahoma Geological Survey
 * 1917-1919: serves in the U. S. Army
 * 1919: surveys the Virgin Mountains, Arizona
 * 1920: Ph.D. in geology, Yale University
 * 1920-1945: geologist, U. S. Geological Survey
 * 1920-1926: assistant professor, Yale University
 * 1926-1929: associate professor, Yale University
 * 1929-1956: professor of geology, Yale University
 * 1932: publishes his A Textbook of Geology, with four others
 * 1932: publishes his Walks and Rides in Central Connecticut and Massachusetts, with J. D. Dana and E. S. Dana
 * 1935: elected to the National Academy of Sciences
 * 1937-1940: chairman, division of geology and geography, National Research Council
 * 1938-1946: chairman, Geology Department, Yale University
 * 1940: honorary LL.D., University of Missouri
 * 1949: president, Geological Society of America
 * 1954: president, American Geological Institute
 * 1956: made professor emeritus, Yale University; joins Stanford University as research associate

Teaching activity
The following list of publications by Chester Ray Longwell is a chronological list of papers, articles, essays and books published by American geologist Chester Ray Longwell.

Books

 * Longwell, C.R. (1929). With Louis V. Pirsson. A Textbook of Geology, part I, Physical Geology, 3d rev. ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons. 488 pp.

1920s

 * Longwell, C.R. (1922). With H. D. Miser, R. C. Moore, and Sidney Paige. Geology of the Colorado River in southeastern Utah. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 33:122-23(A). (abstract)
 * Longwell, C.R. (1924). Thrust faults and flaws in southern Nevada. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 35:64-65(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1925). Geological significance of isostasy and gravity measurements: a review. Geogr. Rev., 15:123-29.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1925). Complex structure in the Spring Mountains, Nevada. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 36:150(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1927). Geophysical problems of general interest: a survey of recent literature. Geogr. Rev., 17:467-75.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1929). Obituary: Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin. Geogr. Rev., 19:164—65.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1929). Origin and history of the "continental nuclei." Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 40:104(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1925). Geological significance of isostasy and gravity measurements: a review. Geogr. Rev., 15:123-29.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1925). Complex structure in the Spring Mountains, Nevada. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 36:150(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1927). Geophysical problems of general interest: a survey of recent literature. Geogr. Rev., 17:467-75.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1929). Obituary: Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin. Geogr. Rev., 19:164—65.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1929). Origin and history of the "continental nuclei." Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 40:104(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1929). Obituary: Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin. Geogr. Rev., 19:164—65.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1929). Origin and history of the "continental nuclei." Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 40:104(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1929). Obituary: Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin. Geogr. Rev., 19:164—65.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1929). Origin and history of the "continental nuclei." Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 40:104(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1929). Obituary: Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin. Geogr. Rev., 19:164—65.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1929). Origin and history of the "continental nuclei." Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 40:104(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1929). Obituary: Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin. Geogr. Rev., 19:164—65.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1929). Origin and history of the "continental nuclei." Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 40:104(A).

1930s

 * Longwell, C.R. (1933). Rotated faults in the Desert Range, Nevada. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 44:93(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1933). Thrust faults of peculiar type. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 44:93(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1937). Carbonation and carbonitization. Science, 85:333-34.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1937). Geological interpretation of gravity anomalies. Geol. Soc. Am. Proc, 1936:86-87(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1937). With John F. Mason and John C. Hazzard. Sequence of Cambrian faunas in the southern Great Basin. Geol. Soc. Am. Proc, 1936: 366-67(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1938). The Basin Range problem. Trans. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 2d ser. 1:17-20.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1938). Geologic interpretation of gravity-anomalies in the northeastern United States. Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 19th Ann. Mtg., part 1, p. 84.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1939). Origin of mountains, or how mountains rise. In: Frontiers of Geology, pp. 19-22. New York: Geological Society of America.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1939). Thrust faults of southern Nevada photographed in color. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 50:1919(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1939). With Charles H. Behre, Jr. New tectonic map of the United States: progress report. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 50:2001(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1937). Carbonation and carbonitization. Science, 85:333-34.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1937). Geological interpretation of gravity anomalies. Geol. Soc. Am. Proc, 1936:86-87(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1937). With John F. Mason and John C. Hazzard. Sequence of Cambrian faunas in the southern Great Basin. Geol. Soc. Am. Proc, 1936: 366-67(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1938). The Basin Range problem. Trans. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 2d ser. 1:17-20.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1938). Geologic interpretation of gravity-anomalies in the northeastern United States. Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 19th Ann. Mtg., part 1, p. 84.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1939). Origin of mountains, or how mountains rise. In: Frontiers of Geology, pp. 19-22. New York: Geological Society of America.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1939). Thrust faults of southern Nevada photographed in color. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 50:1919(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1939). With Charles H. Behre, Jr. New tectonic map of the United States: progress report. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 50:2001(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1937). With John F. Mason and John C. Hazzard. Sequence of Cambrian faunas in the southern Great Basin. Geol. Soc. Am. Proc, 1936: 366-67(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1938). The Basin Range problem. Trans. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 2d ser. 1:17-20.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1938). Geologic interpretation of gravity-anomalies in the northeastern United States. Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 19th Ann. Mtg., part 1, p. 84.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1939). Origin of mountains, or how mountains rise. In: Frontiers of Geology, pp. 19-22. New York: Geological Society of America.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1939). Thrust faults of southern Nevada photographed in color. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 50:1919(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1939). With Charles H. Behre, Jr. New tectonic map of the United States: progress report. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 50:2001(A).

1940s

 * Longwell, C.R. (1940). Relative roles of geology and geophysics in determination of crustal structure. Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 21st Ann. Mtg., pp. 783-86. (Also in: Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 49:1952-53(A), 1938.)
 * Longwell, C.R. (1940). Problems of orogeny. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 51:2001(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1941). Muddy Mountain, Nevada, belt of thrusting restudied. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 52:1920-21 (A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1941). Geology. In: Development of the Sciences, pp. 147-96. New Haven, Conn.: Yale Univ. Press.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1942). The dating of diastrophic events in southern Nevada. Trans. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 2d ser. 5:21-22.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1944). Tectonic map of the United States. Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Bull., 28:1767-74. (Also in: Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 50:1918-19
 * Longwell, C.R. (1945). The mechanics of orogeny. Am. J. Sci., 243-A:417-47.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1946). Bleaching of red sandstones in belts of deformation. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 57:1214(A)
 * Longwell, C.R. (1949). Geologfa submarina. Un amplio campo de investigation: Cienc. Invest. 5:54-58.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1949). Structure in the Arizona-Nevada boundary area. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 60:1905-6(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1944). Tectonic map of the United States. Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Bull., 28:1767-74. (Also in: Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 50:1918-19
 * Longwell, C.R. (1945). The mechanics of orogeny. Am. J. Sci., 243-A:417-47.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1946). Bleaching of red sandstones in belts of deformation. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 57:1214(A)
 * Longwell, C.R. (1949). Geologfa submarina. Un amplio campo de investigation: Cienc. Invest. 5:54-58.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1949). Structure in the Arizona-Nevada boundary area. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 60:1905-6(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1946). Bleaching of red sandstones in belts of deformation. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 57:1214(A)
 * Longwell, C.R. (1949). Geologfa submarina. Un amplio campo de investigation: Cienc. Invest. 5:54-58.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1949). Structure in the Arizona-Nevada boundary area. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 60:1905-6(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1949). Geologfa submarina. Un amplio campo de investigation: Cienc. Invest. 5:54-58.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1949). Structure in the Arizona-Nevada boundary area. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 60:1905-6(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1949). Structure in the Arizona-Nevada boundary area. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 60:1905-6(A).

1950s

 * Longwell, C.R. (1950). Charles Hyde Warren (1876-1950). Am. Philos. Soc. Year Book, 1950:328-33.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1951). Memorial to Edward Bayer Branson, 1877-1950. Geol. Soc. Am. Proc, 1950:85-89. (Also in: Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Bull., 35: 1706-10.)
 * Longwell, C.R. (1951). The 1950 silly season. Science, 113:418.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1951). The problem of crustal deformation. Science, 114:2967(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1952). Basin and range geology west of the St. George Basin, Utah. Guideb. Geol. Utah, 7:27-42.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1952). Structure of the Muddy Mountains, Nevada. Guideb. Geol. Utah, 7:109-14.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1952). The psychology of continental drift. Adv. Sci. 8:426-28.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1952). Is gravitational sliding important in orogeny? Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 33:336(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1952). Lower limit of the Cambrian in the Cordilleran region. J. Wash. Acad. Sci., 42:209-12.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1953). Was South America formerly joined to Africa? Geogr. Rev., 43: 279-81.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1954). Memorial to Herbert Ernest Gregory (1869-1952). Geol. Soc. Am. Proc, 1953:115-23.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1954). Review of the tectogene concept. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 65:1279(A).
 * Longwell, C.R. (1954). History of the lower Colorado River and the Imperial depression. Calif. Div. Mines Bull., l70(5):53-56.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1954). The AGT and the AGI. J. Geol. Ed. 2:43-48.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1955). In support of the American Geological Institute. Geophysics, 20: 683-87.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1956). Arthur Keith, 1864-1944. In: Biographical Memoirs, 29:190-200. New York: Columbia Univ. Press for the National Academy of Sciences.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1957). The outlook for manpower in geoscience. Geotimes, l(9):6-7.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1958). Clarence Edward Dutton, 1841-1912. In: Biographical Memoirs, 32:132^15. New York: Columbia Univ. Press for the National Academy of Sciences.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1958). My estimate of the continental drift concept. In: Continental Drift— A Symposium, pp. 1-12. Univ. of Tasmania Geology Dept., Symposium 2.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1956). Arthur Keith, 1864-1944. In: Biographical Memoirs, 29:190-200. New York: Columbia Univ. Press for the National Academy of Sciences.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1957). The outlook for manpower in geoscience. Geotimes, l(9):6-7.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1958). Clarence Edward Dutton, 1841-1912. In: Biographical Memoirs, 32:132^15. New York: Columbia Univ. Press for the National Academy of Sciences.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1958). My estimate of the continental drift concept. In: Continental Drift— A Symposium, pp. 1-12. Univ. of Tasmania Geology Dept., Symposium 2.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1958). My estimate of the continental drift concept. In: Continental Drift— A Symposium, pp. 1-12. Univ. of Tasmania Geology Dept., Symposium 2.

1960s

 * Longwell, C.R. (1960). Possible explanation of diverse structural patterns in southern Nevada. Am. J. Sci., 258-A: 192-203. Geologic setting of Lake Mead. US Geol. Surv. Prof. Pap., 295: 11-20.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1962). Restudy of the Arrowhead fault, Muddy Mountains, Nevada. US Geol. Surv. Prof. Pap. 450:D82-D85.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1964). With Reuben J. Ross. Paleotectonic significance of Ordovician sections south of the Las Vegas shear zone. US Geol. Surv. Bull., 1180-C:C88-C93.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1965). With George B. Maxey. Geology in vicinity of Las Vegas, Nevada: Frenchman Mtn. and Spring Range. First Basin and Range Geology Field Conference. Mackay School of Mines, Reno, Nevada, 1955. 24 pp.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1965). With E. H. Pampeyan, Ben Bowyer, and R. J. Roberts. Geology and mineral deposits of Clark County, Nevada. Nev. Bur. Mines Bull., 62. 218 pp.
 * Longwell, C.R. (1965). With E. H. Pampeyan, Ben Bowyer, and R. J. Roberts. Geology and mineral deposits of Clark County, Nevada. Nev. Bur. Mines Bull., 62. 218 pp.

1970s

 * Longwell, C.R. (1971). Measure of lateral movement on Las Vegas shear zone, Nevada. Geol. Soc. Am. Abstr., 3:152.

Scientific references
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