Defending and testing hypotheses: A response to John Shaw's paper 'In defence of the meltwater (megaflood) hypothesis for the formation of subglacial bedform fields'

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 822-823

  Evans, David J A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78650507379     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1371     Document Type: Letter

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