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Nicolas Steno

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Pioneer Crystallography Historical Paleontology

9.9 Brilliant

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Arthur Holmes

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Historical United Kingdom Radiometric Dating Mantle Convection

9.8 Brilliant

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Niels Steno

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Danish Historical Paleontology 17TH Century

9.8 Brilliant

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J. Tuzo Wilson

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Canadian 20TH Century Historical Plate Tectonics

9.7 Brilliant

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Victor Goldschmidt

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9.5 Brilliant

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Harry Hess

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9.5 Brilliant

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Victor Moritz Goldschmidt

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Norwegian 20TH Century Historical Geochemistry

9.5 Brilliant

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John Tuzo Wilson

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9.4 Excellent

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George Agricola

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9.4 Excellent

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Fred Vine

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20TH Century Historical British Seafloor Spreading

9.4 Excellent

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James Dwight Dana

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American 19TH Century Historical Mineralogy

9.4 Excellent

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John Ostrom

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American 20TH Century Historical Theropods

9.3 Excellent

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Norman Bowen

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Canadian 20TH Century Historical Igneous Petrology

9.2 Excellent

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Reginald Aldworth Daly

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Canada Historical Harvard Igneous Petrology

8.8 Great

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Clarence Dutton

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8.6 Great

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Konrad B. Krauskopf

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USA Historical Geochemistry Igneous Petrology

8.5 Great

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Andrew Lawson

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USA Canada Historical Structural Geology

8.2 Great

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Timothy Grove

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American Contemporary Experimental Mantle

8.1 Great

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Ian Carmichael

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20TH Century Historical British American Igneous Petrology

8.1 Great

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Alexander McBirney

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American 20TH Century Historical Igneous Petrology

7.7 Good