Marshall Kay was a geologist and professor at Columbia University, born in 1904 in Paisley, Ontario, and died in 1975. He is best known for his studies of Ordovician period rocks in New York, Newfoundland and Nevada, though his research extended globally, and he published widely on the stratigraphy of the middle and upper Ordovician. His 1951 publication North American Geosynclines developed the geosyncline concept describing large elongated basins of sediment accumulation along continental margins.
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Defining ContributionStudies of the Ordovician of New York, Newfoundland and Nevada and the stratigraphy of the middle and upper Ordovician 1 Connections
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1. Marshall Kay - Wikipedia
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November 10, 1904
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Marshall Kay (November 10, 1904
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Paisley, Ontario
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he published widely on the stratigraphy of the middle and upper Ordovician
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died 1975-09-03
P570 (date of death) [year]
died 1975
P20 (place of death)
died in Englewood
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also known as George Marshall Kay
Wikidata item aliases (en) [2]
also known as Marshall Key
P27 (country of citizenship) [1]
citizen of United States
P19 (place of birth) [1]
born in Paisley
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