Norman L. Bowen

Norman Levi Bowen was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada June 21, 1887 and died on September 11, 1956. Bowen "revolutionized experimental petrology and our understanding of mineral crystallization. Beginning geology students are familiar with his "reaction series" depicting how different minerals crystallize under varying pressures and temperatures." (Chamot)

References

• Chamot, Josh. 100 Years of Science History., Geotimes, 3 (2002): 44-45. Html: http://www.geotimes.org/mar02/onexhibit.html
• Norman L. Bowen, science.ca Profile. Available from: http://www.science.ca/scientists/scientistprofile.php?pID=271
• Yoder, H. S., Jr. Norman L. Bowen: The Experimental Approach to Petrology. GSA Today 5 (1998): 10-11. Available: http://gsahist.org/gsat/gt98may10_11.pdf
• Yoder, H. S., Jr. Norman L. Bowen (1887-1956), MIT Class of 1912, First Predoctoral Fellow of the Geophysical Laboratory. Earth Sciences History 1 (1992): 45-55. Available: http://vgp.agu.org/bowen_paper/bowen_paper.html
• Norman Levi Bowen Papers, 1907-1980 (Bulk 1907-1955), Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, D.C., Finding aid written by: Jennifer Snyder, March 2004, PDF available: http://www.hq.ciw.edu/legacy/findingaids/bowen.pdf
• Strickler, Mike, Ask GeoMan..., What is Bowen's Reaction Series?, http://jersey.uoregon.edu/~mstrick/AskGeoMan/geoQuerry32.html