The appalachian glacier complex in maritime canada

Developments in Quaternary Science

Volumn 2, Issue PART B, 2004, Pages 213-232

  Stea, Rudolph R ^a  

^a NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

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EID: 77956720136     PISSN: 15710866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1571-0866(04)80199-4     Document Type: Article

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