Arvid Gustaf Högbom | |
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Born |
Vännäs |
11 January 1857
Died | 19 January 1940 | (aged 83)
Residence | Sweden |
Nationality | Swedish |
Citizenship | Sweden |
Alma mater | Uppsala University |
Known for |
Sub-Cambrian peneplain Subjotnian Study of carbon cycle |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Geology |
Institutions | Uppsala University |
Arvid Gustaf Högbom was Swedish geologist active at Uppsala University. He was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Royal Physiographic Society in Lund. He coined the term Subjotnian in 1910. Högbomite (later renamed to magnesiohögbomite-2N2S), högbomite group, högbomite supergroup was named in his honour.