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soil mechanics soil chemistry consolidation soil geology Agricultural sciences physical geography metallurgy forestry geochronology gardening horticulture Agricultural economics arboriculture stratigraphy geophysics geomorphology

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Curtis Fletcher Marbut

American geologist

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Vasily Vasilyevich Dokuchayev

Russian ecologist