The role of the British Geological Survey in the history of geoconservation

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 300, Issue , 2008, Pages 103-112

  McMillan, Andrew A ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; MAPPING; NATURE CONSERVATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 50849118124     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP300.8     Document Type: Article

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