List of Geologists - P

P

• Joseph Pardee (1871–1960), USA, channeled scablands
• Clair Cameron Patterson (1922–1995), USA, geochemist, fought lead poisoning
• R.A.F. Penrose, Jr. (1863–1931), USA, mining geologist, Penrose Medal
• Francis J. Pettijohn (1904-1999), USA, sedimentologist
• John Phillips (1800–1874), Yorkshire geologist
• John Arthur Phillips, (1822–1887), FRS, Cornish geologist, metallurgist and mining engineer.
• Vasiliy Podshibyakin (1928–1997), Soviet geologist, discoverer of Urengoy gas field
• Vladimir Porfiriev (1899–1982), Russian petroleum geologist
• Henry W. Posamentier (Born 1948), USA, petroleum geologist
• John Wesley Powell (1834–1902), USA, ex-soldier who mapped the Colorado River, second director of the USGS.
• Raymond A. Price (born 1933) Canadian structural and tectonic geologist
• Raphael Pumpelly (1837–1923), USA, geologist and explorer