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Philip Burke King's interests and methods of scientific inquiry were those of a field geologist who obtains his data from the rocks exposed at the Earth's surface and from them derives inferences as to the history and behavior of the Earth. He was especially interested in the sedimentary rocks, and interpreted the environments in which they were originally laid down and the relation of these environments to tectonic movements that were taking place in the Earth's crust.
Suggested Citation
King, P.B., 2000, Autobiography of Philip B. King: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2000-443, 407 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr00443.