Albert de Grossouvre, the Glossary
Marie Félix Albert Durand de Grossouvre (23 August 1849, Bourges – 18 May 1932, Bourges) was a French geologist, best known for his research in the fields of stratigraphy and paleontology.[1]
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31 relations: Acanthoceratinae, Ammonoidea, École polytechnique, Barroisiceras, Bourges, Calcium pyrophosphate, Cartography, Châteauroux, Corbières Massif, Cretaceous, French Academy of Sciences, Gaudryceras, Geologist, Hauericeras, Iron ore, Issoudun, Kossmaticeras, Legion of Honour, Madagascar, Maine (province), Mines Paris – PSL, Paleontology, Paris Basin, Peroniceras, Poitiers, Pyrenees, Stratigraphy, Taxonomy (biology), Touraine, Turonian, Valençay.
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Acanthoceratinae
The Acanthoceratinae comprise a subfamily of ammonoid cephalopods that lived during the Late Cretaceous from the latter early Cenomanian to the late Turonian Shells are evolute, tuberculate and ribbed, with subquadrate to squarish whorl section wherein tubercles typically dominate over ribs.
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Ammonoidea
Ammonoids are extinct spiral shelled cephalopods comprising the subclass Ammonoidea.
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École polytechnique
(also known as Polytechnique or l'X) is a grande école located in Palaiseau, France.
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Barroisiceras
Barroisiceras is an acanthoceratacean ammonite from the Upper Cretaceous, Coniacian, included in the family Collignoniceratidae.
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Bourges
Bourges is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre.
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Calcium pyrophosphate
Calcium pyrophosphate (Ca2P2O7) is a chemical compound, an insoluble calcium salt containing the pyrophosphate anion.
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Cartography
Cartography (from χάρτης chartēs, 'papyrus, sheet of paper, map'; and γράφειν graphein, 'write') is the study and practice of making and using maps.
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Châteauroux
Châteauroux (Chasteurós) is the capital city of the French department of Indre, central France and the second-largest town in the province of Berry, after Bourges.
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Corbières Massif
The Corbières Massif (Massif des Corbières; Corberes; Corbièras) is a mountain range in the Pre-Pyrenees.
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Cretaceous
The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya).
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French Academy of Sciences
The French Academy of Sciences (French: Académie des sciences) is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research.
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Gaudryceras
Gaudryceras is an ammonite genus belonging to the family Gaudryceratidae.
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Geologist
A geologist is a scientist who studies the structure, composition, and history of Earth.
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Hauericeras
Hauericeras is an ammonite genus from the Late Cretaceous that lived from the Coniacian to the late Maastrichtian, from about 90 to 66 mya.
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Iron ore
Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted.
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Issoudun
Issoudun is a commune in the Indre department, administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.
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Kossmaticeras
Kossmaticeras is an extinct ammonoid genus belonging to the desmoceratacean family Kossmaticeratidae.
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Legion of Honour
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre royal de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil, and currently comprises five classes.
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Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar and the Fourth Republic of Madagascar, is an island country comprising the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands.
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Maine (province)
Maine is one of the traditional provinces of France.
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Mines Paris – PSL
Mines Paris – PSL, officially École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris (until May 2022 Mines ParisTech, also known as École des mines de Paris, ENSMP, Mines de Paris, les Mines, or Paris School of Mines), is a French grande école and a constituent college of PSL Research University.
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Paleontology
Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present).
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Paris Basin
The Paris Basin (Bassin parisien) is one of the major geological regions of France.
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Peroniceras
Peroniceras is an ammonite (an extinct group of marine mollusc) belonging to the Ammonitida family Collignoniceratidae.
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Poitiers
Poitiers (Poitevin: Poetàe) is a city on the River Clain in west-central France.
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Pyrenees
The Pyrenees are a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain.
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Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy is a branch of geology concerned with the study of rock layers (strata) and layering (stratification).
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Taxonomy (biology)
In biology, taxonomy is the scientific study of naming, defining (circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics.
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Touraine
Touraine is one of the traditional provinces of France.
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Turonian
The Turonian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the second age in the Late Cretaceous Epoch, or a stage in the Upper Cretaceous Series.
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Valençay
Valençay is a commune in the Indre department in the administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.
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See also
Mining engineers
- Albert Frederick Calvert
- Albert de Grossouvre
- Alexei Strolman
- Andrés Aldasoro
- Anton Strauss
- Antonio Nieto
- Bevis Bulmer
- Charles Joseph Lambert (engineer)
- Cornelius de Vos
- Cristóbal de Losada y Puga
- Eduard von Feuchtersleben
- Eustachius Roche
- Evgraf Fedorov
- Fredrik Idestam
- Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich von Trebra
- Gelasio Caetani
- George Bowes (prospector)
- George Douglas of Parkhead
- George McMurtry (engineer)
- Graham Farquharson
- Gustav Wilhelm Richard Sorge
- Harold Basil Christian
- Helmut Kirchberg
- János Thurzó
- J. H. Curle
- Jafar Abdollahi-Sharif
- James Duncan Hague
- James R. Robinson
- Jan Wyżykowski
- Jenő Ruffinyi
- Joachim Gans
- John Christopher Columbus Hill
- Julius Eckhardt Raht
- Khajidsuren Bolormaa
- László Kapolyi
- Leopold Kessler (Zionist)
- Marie Adèle Pierre Jules Tissot
- Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó
- Mikhail Shchadov
- Ralph H. Kress
- Rilwanu Lukman
- Safi Asfia
- Serafin Baroja
- Susana Vilca
- Teresa Mallada
- Thomas Arthur Rickard
- Thomas Pearson Moody
- Tigui Camara
- Vassili Samarsky-Bykhovets
Scientists from Bourges
- Albert de Grossouvre
- Albert de Lapparent
- Anne Larigauderie
- Gérard Huet
- Pierre Alfred Déséglise