A toga retrospective

Oceanography

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 87-103

  Busalacchi, Michael J ^a   Busalacchi, Antonio J ^b   Anderson, David L T ^c  

^a Oceanography Society   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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