Mackenzie River Basin

Rivers of North America

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 804-850

  Culp, Joseph M ^a   Prowse, Terry D ^b   Luiker, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 79952739011     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088253-3/50021-3     Document Type: Chapter

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