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faux amphibolite
pahoehoe
alkalic syenite
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coal barges
thermal conductivity measurement
Fault types in tectonic earthquakes
crustal generation and destruction
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Steno's four laws of stratigraphy
What are glaciers? Ask a glaciologist
How volcanoes work, explained by a volcanologist
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Amos Eaton
American botanist, geologist, and lawyer
William Maclure
American geologist
François-Emile Matthes
American geologist
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Alexander von Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt
German explorer and naturalist
Charles Lyell
Charles Lyell
Scottish geologist
Powell, John Wesley
John Wesley Powell
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Georgius Agricola.
Georgius Agricola
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James Hutton
James Hutton
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Dana, James D.
James D. Dana
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Smith, William
William Smith
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher and paleontologist
Dorothy Hill
Dorothy Hill
Australian geologist
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Henry Fairfield Osborn
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Grove Karl Gilbert
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Abraham Werner
Abraham Gottlob Werner
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Walter Alvarez
Walter Alvarez
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Murchison
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Suess, Eduard
Eduard Suess
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