Gregory Retallack
Gregory John Retallack is an Australian paleontologist, geologist, and author who specializes in the study of fossil soils . His research has examined the fossil record of soils though major events in Earth history, extending back some 4.6 billion years. Among his publications he has written two standard paleopedology textbooks, said N. Jones in Nature Geoscience Retallack has literally written the book on ancient soils.
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