Thin ice on the snowball earth

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 146, Issue , 2004, Pages 193-198

  McKay, Christopher P ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 34548093106     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/146GM15     Document Type: Chapter

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