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Miocene to Pleistocene glacial history of West Antarctica inferred from Nunatak geomorphology and cosmogenic-nuclide measurements on bedrock surfaces

Perry Spector, John Stone, Greg Balco, Trevor Hillebrand, Mika Thompson and Taryn Black
American Journal of Science October 2020, 320 (8) 637-676; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/10.2020.01

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Miocene to Pleistocene glacial history of West Antarctica inferred from Nunatak geomorphology and cosmogenic-nuclide measurements on bedrock surfaces
Perry Spector, John Stone, Greg Balco, Trevor Hillebrand, Mika Thompson, Taryn Black
American Journal of Science Oct 2020, 320 (8) 637-676; DOI: 10.2475/10.2020.01
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