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Born October 5, 1903 • Texas
Died October 11, 1989 (aged 86)
Subjects Of Study groundwater flow • migration • petroleum trap
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Dana, James D.
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Henry Fairfield Osborn
Henry Fairfield Osborn
American paleontologist
Grove Karl Gilbert, 1891
Grove Karl Gilbert
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Walter Alvarez
Walter Alvarez
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Clarence King
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Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin
Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin
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George Ferdinand Becker
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