Genesis Chapter 1 and geological time from Hugo Grotius and Marin Mersenne to William Conybeare and Thomas Chalmers (1620-1825)

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 273, Issue , 2007, Pages 39-49

  Roberts, Michael B ^a  

^a The Vicarage   (United Kingdom)

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EARTH SCIENCE; GEOLOGICAL THEORY; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HISTORY OF GEOLOGY; HOLOCENE; NINETEENTH CENTURY;

EID: 33947391267     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.04     Document Type: Article

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