Global planetary change and catastrophic earth-surface evolution: implications for modern geomorphological research

Baker Victor R.

doi:10.7163/GPol.2011.S2.1

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Title: Global planetary change and catastrophic earth-surface evolution: implications for modern geomorphological research

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