Sir Charles Lewis Giesecke (1761-1833) and Greenland: A recently discovered mineral collection in Trinity College, Dublin

Irish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue , 1996, Pages 161-168

  Wyse Jackson, Patrick N ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIESECKE, K.L.; MINERALOGY; REGIONAL GEOLOGY;

GREENLAND; NORWAY;

EID: 0030407676     PISSN: 07901763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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