exploration geologist
101Tertiary Period — Interval of geologic time, 65–1. 8 million years ago. It constitutes the first of the two periods of the Cenozoic Era, the second being the Quaternary. The Tertiary has five subdivisions: (from oldest to youngest) the Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene …
102Burke and Wills expedition — Map of the Burke and Wills expedition In 1860–61, Robert O Hara Burke and William John Wills led an expedition of 19 men with the intention of crossing Australia from Melbourne in the south to the Gulf of Carpentaria in the north, a distance of… …
103Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden — Infobox Scientist name = Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden box width = image width =150px caption = Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden birth date = September 7, 1829 birth place = Westfield, Massachusetts death date = December 22, 1887 death place = residence …
104Mohammed Naseeb Qureshy — (MN Qureshy) (January 4, 1933 – 2005) was a prominent geologist from India. His main field of study was Exploration geophysics. He graduated from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and earned his Dsc degree in Exploration geophysics from Colorado… …
105Duncan R. Derry — Dr. Duncan R. Derry Born 1906 England Died 1987 Canada Residence …
106Henry James Anderson — Infobox Scientist name = Henry James Anderson image width = caption = birth date = February 6, 1799 birth place = New York City, New York death date = October 19, 1875 death place = Lahore, India residence = citizenship = American nationality =… …
107mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… …
108Powell, John Wesley — born March 24, 1834, Mount Morris, N.Y., U.S. died Sept. 23, 1902, Haven, Maine U.S. geologist and ethnologist. Powell took many expeditions (1871–79) down the Colorado River, describing the earliest of these in Exploration of the Colorado River… …
109Mathematics and Physical Sciences — ▪ 2003 Introduction Mathematics Mathematics in 2002 was marked by two discoveries in number theory. The first may have practical implications; the second satisfied a 150 year old curiosity. Computer scientist Manindra Agrawal of the… …
110Matterhorn — Monte Cervino redirects here. For other uses, see Cervino (disambiguation). For other uses, see Matterhorn (disambiguation). Matterhorn Monte Cervino T …
