The Cockburn Island Formation; Late Pliocene interglacial sedimentation in the James Ross basin, northern Antarctic Peninsula

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Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 63-76

  Jonkers, H A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1127/nos/36/1998/63     Document Type: Article

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