Robert L. Detterman (1919-1990)

Authors

  • Marvin D. Mangus

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic1535

Keywords:

Biographies, Detterman, Robert L., 1919-1990, Geologists, Geology, Glacial geology, History, Mesozoic era, Sediments (Geology), Stratigraphy, Tertiary period, Glaciation, Alaska, Northern, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Abstract

Detterman was well known for his biostratigraphic studies of the Triassic through Tertiary age sediments throughout arctic and south-central Alaska and the Alaska Peninsula. He was also considered an authority on glaciation for the North Slope and the Alaska Peninsula. He wrote or co-authored more than 113 publications and maps. Several finished manuscripts still await publication by the USGS. Because of his large bibliography, only a few of his more important publications will be mentioned here. ...

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Published

1991-01-01

Issue

Vol. 44 No. 2 (1991): June: 95–175

Section

Obituaries