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Andrei Borisovich Vistelius: A Dominant Figure in 20th Century Mathematical Geology

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Andrei Borisovich Vistelius (1915–1995), along with William Christian Krumbein (1902–1979) and John Cedric Griffiths (1912–1992), were dominant figures in the formative and development years of mathematical (or quantitative) geology as a subdiscipline of geology.

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Merriam, D.F. Andrei Borisovich Vistelius: A Dominant Figure in 20th Century Mathematical Geology. Natural Resources Research 10, 297–304 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013932927705

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