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Isidore Zeitz’s contributions to the Geological Soc. o f Washington

Isidore Zeitz’s contributions to the Geological Soc. o f Washington. March 1919 (Bronx) – Feb 9 2013 (Reston ) Math, Physics: BS,MS, Ph.D , City College NY, Catholic USGS (1940’s-1978), Phoenix (1978-1985), Consulting .

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Isidore Zeitz’s contributions to the Geological Soc. o f Washington

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  1. IsidoreZeitz’s contributions to the Geological Soc. of Washington March 1919 (Bronx) – Feb 9 2013 (Reston) Math, Physics: BS,MS, Ph.D, City College NY, Catholic USGS (1940’s-1978), Phoenix (1978-1985), Consulting Michael Purucker (SGT at Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA) w. contributions from Lewis Zeitz, Patrick Taylor, Wright Horton, Jeff Grossman, Richard Blakely, Andrew Griscom, Peter Johnson and George Vranas Upcoming obituaries will appear in The Leading Edge and EOS

  2. Izzy’s GSW talks

  3. Individuals who gave more than 10 talks Courtesy of Jeff Grossman

  4. Izzy’s Achievements • Advocacy of airborne magnetic method • Developing mathematical and physical basis for interpretation of magnetic field observations (depth to magnetic source, continuation, derivatives) • Geologic interpretations (w. geologists) • Appalachians (NY Alabama lineament, Central Piedmont suture, Eastern Piedmont fault system, Alleghanian plutons, Suwannee-Wiggins suture) • Mid-continent rift • Dead sea rift • Jamaican step-over basins • Magnetic compilations of the US • Resource interpretations (oil/gas & minerals) • Saudi Arabia- Mag. identification of a basin SE of Riyadh that was subsequently discovered to harbor a supergiant gas accumulation

  5. Where did Izzy work?

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