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   abstract: Ron Litwin has been a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey since
     1986. He works on the biostratigraphy, paleoclimate, and paleoecology of the
     Coastal Plain, Piedmont, Blue Ridge, Midcontinent, Colorado Plateau, Basin and
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