Geological heroes: call for posts

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Callan Bentley

Ed at Geology Happens recently hosted the twenty-third edition of the geoblog carnival The Accretionary Wedge.

I’ve volunteered to host the next edition, and I’ve chosen “heroes” as the theme.

I invite all participants (geobloggers and geoblog readers alike) to contribute stories of their heroes. It’s time to pay tribute to the extraordinary individuals who helped make your life, your science, and your planet better than they would otherwise have been.

The deadline for submission of posts will be Friday, April 23.

Once you’ve published your piece, leave a link to it in the comments below this post. On the weekend of April 24-25, I’ll aggregate all the submissions into a thoughtfully-composed masterpiece post and put it up for everyone to savor. Thanks in advance for your participation.

If you’re a geoblog reader, but not a geoblogger yet yourself, then I’ll be happy to publish your story here. We all have heroes worthy of sharing, right?

UPDATE (April 26, 2010): The Wedge has been accreted!

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31 Responses

  1. Neil, on April 1, 2010 at 2:29 pm said:

    My Ada Lovelace day post should fit the bill…

    Predator x^2

  2. BrianR, on April 1, 2010 at 2:33 pm said:

    this is a good theme … I’ll have to ponder that one

    (nice graphic btw)

  3. Mel, on April 1, 2010 at 2:57 pm said:

    Well timed. I just completed the AWG Outstanding Educator Award nomination packet for Dr. Frankie Jackson. I’ll have to put something together for The Wedge.

    • Mel, on April 1, 2010 at 2:59 pm said:

      Thanks for all your advice and the sample letter by the way. It helped me to make my recommendation letter more personal (less stiff from trying to be professional). Thanks again.

    • Callan Bentley, on April 1, 2010 at 2:59 pm said:

      That would be great. I would be honored to have you honor Frankie here!

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  7. Pascal, on April 13, 2010 at 11:01 am said:

    Hi Callan,
    Here’s my rather meandering submission:

    http://pascals-puppy.blogspot.com/2010/04/geological-heroes.html

  12. David, on April 20, 2010 at 4:36 pm said:

    Hope it´s not off topic, another kind of celebrating heroes

    http://rockglacier.blogspot.com/2010/04/accretionary-wedge-24-heroes-vs.html

  13. John Van Hoesen, on April 21, 2010 at 7:09 pm said:

    Here is my submission, I hope this one makes it through: http://gmcgeology.blogspot.com/2010/04/lous-agassiz-tracy-strauss-irrefutable.html

    Thanks for organizing this one!

    J~

  14. Garry Hayes, on April 22, 2010 at 11:25 pm said:

    Geotripper signing in with this entry: http://geotripper.blogspot.com/2010/04/accretionary-wedge-24-our-geological.html

    Thanks for hosting, Callan!

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