biography
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Gilbert, Grove (Karl)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1843–1918)
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| biography:
| Geologist, born in Rochester, New York, USA. He became chief geologist of the US geological survey (1889), and formulated many of the laws of geological processes. His report on the Henry Mts became the foundation of many modern theories of denudation and river-development. He also published a history of the Niagara R, and introduced such technical terms as laccolith and hanging valley. |
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