About Robert F. Dill
Lived 1927 – 2004 (aged 76–77). Robert F. Dill was a geologist, known for Stromatolites.
Robert F. Dill (1927 – 2004) (Robert Floyd Dill or Bob Dill) was a marine geologist. He is perhaps best known for his studies on stromatolites, the submarine canyons in California and his collaboration with Jacques Cousteau.
Selected publications Dill, R. F., Shinn, E. A., Jones, A. T., Kelly, K., & Steinen, R. P. (1986). Giant subtidal stromatolites forming in normal salinity waters, Nature 324, November 55-58 Dill, Robert F. (1964) "Sedimentation and erosion in Scripps submarine canyon head." Papers in Marine Geology23-41.
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American geologist
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Robert F. Dill was born in 1927.
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Robert F. Dill died in 2004.
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Robert F. Dill was a geologist.
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Robert F. Dill was known for Stromatolites.
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