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Henri-François-Émile Termier

French geologist
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Henri-François-Émile Termier (born Dec. 13, 1897, Lyon, France—died Aug. 12, 1989, Gif sur Yvette, France) was a French geologist known for his studies of the stratigraphy (study of stratified rocks) and paleontology of North Africa and France. Termier was a geologist for the Morocco Mine Service from 1925 until 1940, when he became head of the Morocco Geological Service; in 1945 he became a professor at the University of Algiers and in 1955 joined the...

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