The geobiosphere

Continental Scientific Drilling: A Decade of Progress, and Challenges for the Future

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 163-211

  Horsfield, Brian ^a   Kieft, Thomas L ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-68778-8_4     Document Type: Chapter

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