Climate change: Conflict of observational science, theory, and politics

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1211-1220

  Gerhard, Lee C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DYNAMIC PROCESSES; DYNAMIC SYSTEMS; HUMAN CIVILIZATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; KYOTO PROTOCOL;

EID: 4644316516     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/03220403107     Document Type: Article

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