Geologic Evidence of Recurring Climate Cycles and Their Implications for the Cause of Global Climate Changes-the Past is the Key to the Future

Evidence-Based Climate Science

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3-51

  Easterbrook, Don J ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385956-3.10001-4     Document Type: Chapter

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