Nevertheless he was one of the most prominent geologists of his period, widely recognized outside his own country.

David Dale Owen (1807-1860) was a prominent American geologist.

But a prominent geologist has proposed that such "hot spots," while still responsible for generating island chains, occur at relatively shallow depths.

Aaron C. Waters, a prominent geologist, died Saturday at a nursing home in Tacoma, Wash.

An island in the Kara Sea was named after this prominent Russian geologist.

Many prominent geologists and paleontologists worked with the Survey in the early days, such as Davidson Black.

Bela Hubbard, a prominent local geologist and realtor, is the man for whom the district is actually named.

During the 19th century prominent geologists conducted a prolonged and bitter debate about the fault line exposed here.

In the 1830s he was a prominent scriptural geologist, promoting a reconciliation between the geological record and the Genesis creation narrative.

A debate ensued between prominent geologists of the time.