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}}'''Giovanni Arduino''' (October 16, 1714 – March 21, 1795) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[geologist]] who is known as the "Father of Italian [[Geology]]".
Arduino was born at [[Caprino Veronese]], [[Veneto]]. He was a [[mining]] specialist who developed possibly the first classification of geological time, based on study of the geology of northern [[Italy]]. In 1735, heHe divided the history of the Earth into four periods: Primitive, Secondary, [[Tertiary]] and Volcanic, or [[Quaternary]].
AccordingThe toscheme theproposed naturalistby andArduino authorin [[1759,<ref name=Bates>{{cite book|authorlink=Marston Bates]],|last=Bates|first=Marston|title=The theNature schemeof proposedNatural byHistory|page=51|publisher=Charles ArduinoScribner's inSons|___location=New 1759York|date=1950}}</ref> which was based on much study of rocks of the southern [[Alps]], grouped the rocks into four series. These were (in addition to the Volcanic or Quaternary) as follows.: Thethe Primary series which consisted of schists[[schist]]s from the core of the mountains; the Secondary which consisted of the hard [[sedimentary rocksrock]]s on the mountain flanks; and the Tertiary which consisted of the less hardened sedimentary rocks of the foothills. Because this arrangement did not always hold true for mountain ranges other than the Alps, the Primary and the Secondary were dropped in the general case. However the term 'Tertiary' has persisted as a synonym for the Cenozoic. The last period of the [[Cenozoic]] era, known as the [[Pleistocene]] period, is sometimes not included in the notion of the Tertiary. The Cenozoic was studied and further determined by, among others, the English geologist (and mentor of [[Charles Darwin]]) [[Charles Lyell]].<ref name=Bates/>
According to Bates, the Cenozoic was studied and further determined by, among others, the English geologist, and mentor of [[Charles Darwin]], [[Charles Lyell]].
Giovanni Arduino died in [[Venice]] in 1795. [[Dorsum Arduino]] is named after him.
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| last = Bates
| first = Marston
| title = The Nature of Natural History
| page = 51
| publisher = Charles Scribner's Sons
| ___location = New York
| date = 1950
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