Editing List of geologists (section)

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[[File:Young Clarence King.jpg|thumb|[[Clarence King]], {{circa}} 1875|upright]]
* [[Michael John Keen]] (1935–1991), [[Atlantic Canada]], marine geoscientist
* [[Dennis V. Kent]] (born 1946), American geomagnetist
* [[Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska]] (1925–2015), Polish [[paleontologist]], led several paleontological expeditions to the Gobi desert
* [[Clarence King]] (1842–1901), American, first director of the [[U.S. Geological Survey]]
* [[James Kitching]] (1922–2003), South African, [[Karoo]] vertebrate [[palaeontologist]]
* Sir [[Albert Ernest Kitson]] (1868–1937), Australian (born England), [[economic geologist]], mineral exploration in Africa
* [[Maria Klenova]] (1898–1976), Russian marine geologist and one of the founders of Russian marine science
* [[Andrew H. Knoll]] (born 1951), American, [[Harvard]] geologist and [[paleontologist]]
* [[Danie G. Krige]] (1919–2013), South African [[mining engineer]], inventor of [[kriging]]
* [[M. S. Krishnan (geologist)|M. S. Krishnan]] (1898–1970), Indian geologist, author of ''Geology of India and Burma''
* [[Thomas Edvard Krogh]] (1936–2008), Canadian, [[geochronologist]], revolutionized uranium-lead [[radiometric]] dating
* [[William C. Krumbein]] (1902–1979), American, [[sedimentologist]]
* [[Nikolai Kudryavtsev]] (1893–1971), Russian [[petroleum geologist]]