Abstract

Stanley V. Margolis, geologist, oceanographer, administrator, and teacher, died in Davis, Calif., on November 7, 1992, after a brief illness. His enthusiasm, vitality, and legendary generosity influenced innumerable colleagues and students during his productive career in marine and Earth sciences. He is best known as a leader and often a pioneer in the analysis of surfaces of materials that make up the geologic record of both the Earth and the Moon. He had a well‐known knack for applying new analytical tools toward exciting and diverse questions. How old is the polar cryosphere? What is the character of lunar dust? What is the origin of tektites? How do deep‐sea manganese nodules form? What caused the extinctions that mark the end of the Cretaceous? Is the Kouros an authentic Greek artifact or simply a modern fake? Stan's approaches to these and a host of other diverse questions were creative and innovative.

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