Glaciations of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA

Developments in Quaternary Science

Volumn 2, Issue PART B, 2004, Pages 51-62

  Gillespie, Alan R ^a   Zehfuss, Paul H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 77956746763     PISSN: 15710866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1571-0866(04)80185-4     Document Type: Article

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