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Eric B. Grosfils (born March 22, 1966)[ citation needed ] is an American physical volcanologist and planetary geologist. [1] [2] He is the Minnie B. Cairns Memorial Professor of Geology at Pomona College in Claremont, California. [1]
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Eric B. Grosfils (born March 22, 1966)[ citation needed ] is an American physical volcanologist and planetary geologist. [1] [2] He is the Minnie B. Cairns Memorial Professor of Geology at Pomona College in Claremont, California. [1]
Grosfils is married to Linda A. Reinen, a structural geologist who is also on the Pomona faculty. [3]
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