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Do You Know of a Colleague And/Or Student Who Would Be Interested in Receiving These Bulletin Boards? Please Forward to Them Do you know of a colleague and/or student who would be interested in receiving these Bulletin Boards? Please forward to them. A quick email to [email protected] with the word “subscribe” in the subject line and the email address will be added to the listing. Geoscience Bulletin Board – 7 December 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. 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