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Amanz Gressly
(17 Jul 1814 - 13 Apr 1865)
Swiss geologist and paleontologist who coined the term facies to describe lateral regional variations in the character and fossil content of rock strata resulting from environmental differences at the time of original deposition.
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Amanz Gressly - Large Picture - Color
Head and Shoulders (500 x 650 px)
See also:
- 17 Jul - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Gressly's birth.
- Amanz Gressly biography - extract from History of Geology and Pal�ontology to the End of the Nineteenth Century (1901).