The Kirk Bryan Award is the annual award of the Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division of the

Geological Society of America The Geological Society of America (GSA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of the geosciences. History The society was founded in Ithaca, New York, in 1888 by Alexander Winchell, John J. Stevenson, Charles H. Hitchco ...

. It is named after Kirk Bryan a pioneer in

geomorphology Geomorphology (from Ancient Greek: , ', "earth"; , ', "form"; and , ', "study") is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of topographic and bathymetric features created by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or n ...

of arid regions. The award was established in 1951 and is bestowed upon the author or authors of a published paper of distinction advancing the science of geomorphology or some related field.

List of Recipients

*2020 Martha Cary "Missy" Eppes and Russ Keanini *2018 Karen B Gran, Noah Finnegan, Andrea L. Johnson, Patrick Belmont, Chad Wittkop *2017 Les McFadden *2016 Chris Goldfinger, C. Hans Nelson, Ann E. Morey, Joel E. Johnson, Jason R. Patton, Eugene Karabanov, Julia Gutiérrez-Pastor, Andrew T. Eriksson, Eulàlia Gràcia, Gita Dunhill, Randolph J. Enkin, Audrey Dallimore, and Tracy Vallier *2015 Daniel Muhs, Kathleen Simmons, Randall Schumann, Lindsey Groves, Jerry Mitrovica, DeAnna Laurel *2014 John C. Ridge, Greg Balco, Robert L. Bayless, Catherine C. Beck, Laura B. Carter, Jody L. Dean, Emily B. Voytek and Jeremy H. Wei *2013 P.K. House, P.A. Pearthree, and M.E. Perkins *2012 Neal R. Iverson, Thomas S. Hooyer, Jason F. Thomason, Matt Graesch, and Jacqueline R. Shumway *2011 Robert C. Walter and Dorothy J. Merritts *2010

Rolfe D. Mandel Rolfe D. Mandel (born August 25, 1952) is a Distinguished Professor of archaeology in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Kansas as well as Senior Scientist and Executive Director of the Odyssey Geoarchaeological Research Program at ...

*2009 Ellen Wohl *2008 Jon J. Major *2007 Marith Cady Reheis, A.M. Sarna-Wojcicki, R.L. Reynolds, C.A. Repenning, and M.D. Mifflin *2006

David R. Montgomery David R. Montgomery is a Professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle, where he is a member of the Quaternary Research Center. Montgomery received his B.S. in geology from Stanford University in 1984, and his ...

*2005 John C. Gosse and Fred M. Phillips *2004 Stephen C. Porter *2003 Michael R. Waters, and C. Vance Haynes *2002 Frank J. Pazzaglia and Mark T. Brandon *2001 Richard M. Iverson *2000

Brian Atwater Brian Franklin Atwater (born September 18, 1951) is a geologist who works for the United States Geological Survey and is also a research professor at the University of Washington. Career Atwater has spent much of his career studying the likelihood ...

and Eileen Hemphill-Haley *1999 William L. Graf *1998 Vance T. Holliday *1997 Grant A. Meyer, Stephen G. Wells, and A.J. Timothy Jull *1996 Roger T. Saucier *1995 James E. O'Connor *1994 Arthur N. Palmer *1993 William B. Bull *1992 R. Dale Guthrie *1991 Milan J. Pavich *1990 Arthur S. Dyke and Victor K. Prest *1989 Kevin M. Scott *1988 Peter W. Birkeland *1987 Richard B. Waitt *1986 Ronald I. Dorn and Theodore M. Oberlander *1985 No award given *1984 Steven M. Colman *1983 Leland H. Gile, John W. Hawley, Robert B. Grossman *1982 Kenneth L. Pierce *1981

J. Ross Mackay John Ross Mackay, (偕約翰, December 31, 1915 – October 28, 2014) was a Canadian geographer. He is most noted for his explorations of permafrost phenomena in the western Canadian Arctic. His 40 plus years of study has enabled the building of ...

*1980 James A. Clark, William E. Farrell, and W. Richard Peltier *1979 Stanley A. Schumm *1978 Richard L. Hay *1977 Michael A. Church *1976 Geoffrey S. Boulton *1975 James B. Benedict *1974 Robert V. Ruhe *1973 John T. Andrews *1972 Dwight R. Crandell *1971 A. Lincoln Washburn *1970 Harold E. Malde *1969 Ronald L. Shreve *1968 David M. Hopkins *1967 Clyde A. Wahrhaftig *1966 Charles S. Denny *1965 Gerald M. Richmond *1964 Robert P. Sharp *1963 Arthur H. Lachenbruch *1962

Anders Rapp Anders Rapp (1927–1998) was a Swedish geomorphologist and geographer who pioneered quantitative geomorphological approach on mass movements and erosion. He was the first to make a comprehensive study on avalanche boulder tongues. Most of Rapp's ...

*1961 John T. Hack *1960 John F. Nye *1959 Jack L. Hough *1958

Luna B. Leopold Luna Bergere Leopold (October 8, 1915 – February 23, 2006) was a leading U.S. geomorphologist and hydrologist, and son of Aldo Leopold. He received a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Wisconsin in 1936; an M.S. in physics-meteor ...

and Thomas J. Maddock, Jr.

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List of Recipients

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