Paradise lost? Pacific island archives threatened by climate change

Archival Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-67

  Gordon Clark, Matthew ^a  

^a State Records of South Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archives; Climate change; Low lying nations; Pacific islands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856231337     PISSN: 13890166     EISSN: 15737519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10502-011-9144-3     Document Type: Article

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