Sea level rise and the ongoing Battle of Tarawa

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Volumn 93, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 169-170

  Donner, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; POLITICAL CONFLICT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

GILBERT ISLANDS; KIRIBATI; TARAWA;

EID: 84861364389     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012EO170001     Document Type: Article

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