Each year the Society awards science medals for outstanding works in areas within sedimentary geology. Selections are made by special committees for each medal from a list of nominated candidates. Candidates do not have to be members of the society and the SEPM Council reviews and approves the committees selection. The awardees are honored at a reception in the spring of the year at the Society's annual meeting, held in conjunction with the AAPG ACE, scheduled for Pittsburgh, PA, May 21st, 2013. Two other society science medals are still under consideration: Shepard Medal for excellence in marine geology and Honorary Membership for service to the science and the society.
The 2013 awards for four of the medals are:
- Twenhofel Medal for career of excellence in sedimentary geology (highest honor):
Paul Enos (enos@ku.edu ) (University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS) - Moore Medal for outstanding contributions in paleontology:
Kenton Steward Wall Campbell (ken.campbell@anu.edu.au), Emeritus Professor Re-search School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Building 47 Daley Road, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia - Pettijohn Medal for outstanding contributions in sedimentology and stratigraphy:
J.A.D. (Tony) Dickson (jadd1@esc.cam.ac.uk), University of Cambridge, Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Street, CAMBRIDGE, Cambridgeshire CB2 3EQ, UNITED KINGDOM - Wilson Medal for outstanding contributions in sedimentary geology by a young geologist:
Kyle M. Straub (kmstraub@tulane.edu), Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 701185698
SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) is an international not-for-profit Society officed in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Through its network of international members, the Society is dedicated to the dissemination of scientific infor- mation on sedimentology, stratigraphy, paleontology, environmental sciences, marine geology, hydrogeology, and many additional related specialties. The Society supports the science and its members in their professional objec- tives by publication of two major scientific journals, the Journal of Sedimentary Research (JSR) and PALAIOS, in addition to producing research conferences, short courses, and Special Publications. Through SEPM's Continuing Education, Publications, Meetings, and other programs, members can both gain and exchange information perti- nent to their geologic specialties.