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Land, Lynton S. was born on December 30, 1940 in Baltimore.
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Lynton S. Land
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Lynton S. Land, American Geology educator. Research in sedimentology, carbonate sedimentation, diagenesis, sedimentary geochemistry, stable isotope geochemistry. Recipient Pettijon Sedimentology medal Society Sedimentary Geology, 1996. Member Society Economics Paleontologists and Mineralogists, International Association Sedimentology.
Education
AB, Johns Hopkins University, 1962; Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins University, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy in geology, Lehigh University, 1966.
Career
Research fellow in geology, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1966-1967; assistant professor, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1967-1977; professor geology, University Texas, Austin, since 1977; now Gulf Oil Foundation Centennial professor geology, University Texas, Austin.
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Member Society Economics Paleontologists and Mineralogists, International Association Sedimentology.
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