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Discipline field groups earth scientists by the branch of science each one actually practiced. Wikipedia describes Alfred Wegener as "a German climatologist, geologist, geophysicist, meteorologist, and polar researcher," a scientist whose work spanned several fields at once. This dimension shows which fields have produced the people behind a given discovery.

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Geochronology is the science of determining the age of rocks, fossils, and sediments using signatures inherent in the rocks themselves. 1
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1. Geochronology (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationGeochronology, lead sentence (scientist-field bucket)
Quote, Geochronology, lead sentence (scientist-field bucket)
Geochronology is the science of determining the age of rocks, fossils, and sediments using signatures inherent in the rocks themselves.
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