Frozen in time: Concepts of 'Global Glaciation' from 1837 (die Eiszeit) to 1998 (the Snowball Earth)

Geoscience Canada

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 157-166

  Eyles, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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GLACIATION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE;

EID: 13844305882     PISSN: 03150941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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