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Arvid Högbom

Arvid Gustaf Högbom
Born (1857-01-11)11 January 1857
Vännäs
Died 19 January 1940(1940-01-19) (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.



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