Comment on "Snowball Earth: A thin-ice solution with flowing sea glaciers" by David Pollard and James F. Kasting

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Warren, Stephen G ^a   Brandt, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 34548530247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003411     Document Type: Note

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