Steinmann's trinity, chronology of the Andean orogeny
Spouse
Adelheid Holtzmann (1866–1925)
Children
1 son Gustav
Scientific career
Fields
Geology, paleontology
Institutions
University of Strassburg University of Jena University of Freiburg University of Bonn
Johann Heinrich Conrad Gottfried Gustav Steinmann (9 April 1856 – 7 October 1929) was a German geologist and paleontologist. He performed various studies in the Ural Mountains, North America, South America, the Caucasus and the Alps. Steinmann had a large number of scientific publications. He made contributions to the Theory of Evolution and to the study of the structural geology and orogeny of the Andes.[1]
In the Alps and Apennines Steinmann defined what later became known as "Steinmann's Trinity," the occurrence of serpentine, pillow lava, and chert. The recognition of Steinmann's Trinity served years later to build up the theory around seafloor spreading and plate tectonics.[2] Steinmann himself interpreted ophiolites (the Trinity) using the geosyncline concept.[3] His studies of ophiolites in the Apennines paved the way for the discovery of allochthonous nappes in the Alps and Apennines.[4]
^K. A. G. (1926). "Steinmann". Nordisk familjebok (in Swedish). Vol. 38. Supplement. (Uggleupplagan ed.). p. 501.
^Seibold, Eugen; Seibold, Ilse (2010), "Gustav Steinmann (1856–1929): Ein deutscher Ordinarius der Kaiserzeit", International Journal of Earth Sciences (in German), 99 (Supplement 1): 3–15, Bibcode:2010IJEaS..99....3S, doi:10.1007/s00531-010-0561-y, S2CID 128688781
^Şengör, A.M.C.; Natal'in, B.A. (2004). "Phanerozoic Analogues of Archean Oceanic Basement Fragments". In Kusky, T.M. (ed.). Precambrian Ophiolites and Related Rocks. Developments in Precambrian Geology. Vol. 13. p. 682. ISBN 0-444-50923-2.
^Yildirim, Dilek; Furnes, Harald (2011). "Ophiolite genesis and global tectonics: Geochemical and tectonic fingerprinting of ancient oceanic lithosphere". Geological Society of America Bulletin. 123 (3/4): 387–411. Bibcode:2011GSAB..123..387D. doi:10.1130/B30446.1.
Johann Heinrich Conrad Gottfried GustavSteinmann (9 April 1856 – 7 October 1929) was a German geologist and paleontologist. He performed various studies...
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The Gustav-Steinmann-Medaille is a scientific award by the Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft [de] - Geologische Vereinigung [de] (German Geological Society-Geological...
Following work in these two mountains systems, GustavSteinmann defined what later became known as the "Steinmann Trinity": the mixture of serpentine, diabase-spilite...
Bonn) was a German politician, women's rights activist and wife of GustavSteinmann. Adelheid Holtzmann was born on 26 April 1866 in Heidelberg to Protestant...
(1893–1980), Swiss volcanologist, three-time president of the IAVCEI, GustavSteinmann medal winner Ralph J. Roberts (1911–2007), American geologist, Nevada...
Paleontology 1992 Crafoord Prize 1993 Paleontological Society Medal 1994 Gustav-Steinmann-Medaille 2006 Lapworth Medal of the Palaeontological Association ....
of later processes, such as the final collapse of the geosyncline. GustavSteinmann interpreted ophiolites using the geosyncline concept. He theorized...
(1866–1925) was a politician and women's rights activist. She married GustavSteinmann. Holtzmann, Heinrich In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 9, Duncker...
movements in the crust, or convection within the asthenosphere or mantle. GustavSteinmann (1906) recognised different classes of orogenic belts, including the...
Wort im Gebirge and Seefelder Zeitung. Sander was awarded in 1950 the GustavSteinmann Medal, in 1957 the Penrose Medal, and in 1964 the German Mineralogical...
fundamental ideas behind it date back to Lamarck, Darwin and Wallace. Also GustavSteinmann saw reducing rain forest due to climate change as an important driver...
year 1955–1956 he was a Guggenheim Fellow. In 1968 he received the GustavSteinmann Medal. According to the laudatio, the medal was awarded to him because...
Mineralogical Society's Abraham Gottlob Werner Medal. In 1978 he received the GustavSteinmann Medal for fundamental work on the metamorphism of the Central Alps...
Bonn, Kingdom of Prussia Died 28 March 1953 (aged 89) Bonn, West Germany Occupation(s) geologist and geographer Awards Gustav-Steinmann-Medaille (1947)...
Alma mater University of Hamburg Awards Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize Gustav-Steinmann-Medaille (2014) Scientific career Fields Marine biology Institutions...
Ranquil Formation in 1942. Along with Charles Darwin, Juan Brüggen and GustavSteinmann he is one of the prominent geologists to have studied Navidad Formation...
Awards Marcel Benoist Prize (1932) Wollaston Medal (1938) Fellow of the Royal Society Gustav-Steinmann-Medaille (1949) Scientific career Fields geology...
work, in 1939 the Geological Society was the first to award him the GustavSteinmann Medal with the additional dedication "the thinker in the depths of...
Germany Nationality German Known for Craton Geosyncline theory Awards Gustav-Steinmann-Medaille (1951) Scientific career Fields Geology (Tectonics) Institutions...
(2006) Member, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (2006) GustavSteinmann Medal,German Geological Society-Geological Association (2008) Honorary...
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