The development of geology in Puerto Rico: An historical sketch

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 776, Issue , 1996, Pages 17-40

  Donnelly, Thomas W ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0012699881     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb17409.x     Document Type: Article

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