Levi Noble's Death Valley, a 58-year perspective

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 338, Issue , 1999, Pages 399-411

  Wright, Lauren A ^a   Troxel, Bennie W ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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ACADEMIC RESEARCH; BIBLIOGRAPHY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; LITERATURE REVIEW; PUBLISHING;

CALIFORNIA; DEATH VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871094561     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.399     Document Type: Article

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