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I have always regarded the name of these Symposia as a stroke of genius, perhaps even of commercial genius. It has everything. It promises a broad and integrated approach. It should appeal to all sources of funds. One senses also a field in active evolution, from chemistry to biochemistry to biogeochemistry to environmental biogeochemistry. It could still be prefixed by exo- to gather in the space industry, and then by neo- when it begins to tire.
Address to the opening session of the 4th International Symposium on Environmental Biogeochemistry, August 26, 1979.
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Evans, L.T. (1980). An Outside View of Environmental Biogeochemistry. In: Biogeochemistry of Ancient and Modern Environments. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-26582-6_1
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