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Jorge Oscar Rabassa (born 1948) is an Argentine geomorphologist and Quaternary geologist. He is a professor at National University of Tierra del Fuego and director of the CONICET. [1] [2] He is member of the National Academy of Sciences of Argentina since 2012. [3] From 1998 to 2002 he served as rector of the National University of Comahue. [3]

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