Geoscience of climate and energy 9. History and governance models as a blueprint for future federal-provincial co-operation on environmental monitoring in the alberta oil sands region

Geoscience Canada

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 167-173

  Wallace, Ron R ^a  

^a Vice Chairman   (Canada)

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EID: 84887184492     PISSN: 03150941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12789/geocanj.2013.40.011     Document Type: Note

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