Building ships from ice: Habbakuk and after

Interdisciplinary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 373-384

  Gold, Lorne W ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS; PYKRETE; REINFORCED ICE; WOOD PULP;

AIRCRAFT; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PERSONNEL; PULP; SHIPS; STRATEGIC MATERIALS; WOOD;

ICE;

ICE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PERSONNEL; PULPS; SHIPS; WOOD;

EID: 11844273869     PISSN: 03080188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/030801804225018783     Document Type: Review

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