Eldridge Moores (October 13, 1938 – October 28, 2018) was an American

geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, althoug ...

. He specialized in the understanding of

ophiolites An ophiolite is a section of Earth's oceanic crust and the underlying upper mantle that has been uplifted and exposed above sea level and often emplaced onto continental crustal rocks. The Greek word ὄφις, ''ophis'' (''snake'') is found i ...

(fragments of

oceanic crust Oceanic crust is the uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of the tectonic plates. It is composed of the upper oceanic crust, with pillow lavas and a dike complex, and the lower oceanic crust, composed of troctolite, gabbro and ultramafic ...

and mantle that have been emplaced onto the

continental crust Continental crust is the layer of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks that forms the geological continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores, known as continental shelves. This layer is sometimes called '' sial'' be ...

) and the geology of the continental crust of the Western

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and Tethyan belt, the geology of

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Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge ...

, and

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, and the tectonic development of the Sierra Nevada and the Alpine - Himalayan systems. Moores was Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geology at the

University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The inst ...

. In 1996, Moores was President of the

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(GSA) and editor of the society's journal ''Geology'' from 1981 to 1989. He is the recipient of the GSA's Distinguished Service Award and the Geological Association of Canada Medal. Together with geologist Robert J. Twiss, Moores co-authored two textbooks: ''Tectonics'' and ''Structural Geology'' Moores is the main subject of the

John McPhee John Angus McPhee (born March 8, 1931) is an American writer. He is considered one of the pioneers of creative nonfiction. He is a four-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the category General Nonfiction, and he won that award on the four ...

book on California geology, ''Assembling California'' (1993), as well as McPhee's '' Annals of the Former World'' (1998). In 2013, Eldridge Moores was awarded the title of UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus. This title is awarded annually by the UC Davis Emeriti Association on the basis of outstanding contributions following retirement in the traditional areas of teaching, research and service.

Bibliography

* Eldridge M. Moores, Robert J. Twiss (1995) ''Tectonics'' (W. H. Freeman) * Robert J. Twiss, Eldridge M. Moores, (December 15, 2006) ''Structural Geology'' 2nd edition, (W. H. Freeman) * Eldridge M. Moores (Editor)(2003) ''Volcanoes and Earthquakes'' (Discoveries).
Lauret E. Savoy
Eldridge M. Moores, and Judith E. Moores, editors, (2006) ''Bedrock: Writers on the Wonders of Geology'' ( Trinity University Press) * Carol S. Prentice, Judith G. Scotchmoor, Eldridge M. Moores, John P. Kiland (Editors) (2006) ''1906 San Francisco Earthquake Centennial Field Guide'' (Geological Society of America) * Richard Rodriguez, Sandra Phillips, Aaron Betsky, Eldridge Moores, Eldridge M. Moores (1996) ''Crossing the Frontier: Photographs of the Developing West, 1849 to the Present'' (Chronicle Book) * Yildirim Dilek, Eldridge M. Moores, Don Elthon, and Adolphe Nicolas (editors) (2001) ''Ophiolites and Oceanic Crust: New Insights from Field Studies and the Ocean Drilling Program'' (Special Paper of the Geological Society of America)

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Eldridge Moores Papers
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Special Collections Dept.
University Library, University of California, Davis 1938 births 2018 deaths Writers from Phoenix, Arizona California Institute of Technology alumni Princeton University alumni American geologists University of California, Davis faculty Presidents of the Geological Society of America {{geoscientist-stub