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Rock, life, fire: speculative geophysics and the anthropocene

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Rock, life, fire: speculative geophysics and the anthropocene. / Clark, Nigel.
In: Oxford Literary Review, Vol. 34, No. 2, 2012, p. 259–276.

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Clark, N 2012, 'Rock, life, fire: speculative geophysics and the anthropocene', Oxford Literary Review, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 259–276. https://doi.org/10.3366/olr.2012.0045

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Clark, N. (2012). Rock, life, fire: speculative geophysics and the anthropocene. Oxford Literary Review, 34(2), 259–276. https://doi.org/10.3366/olr.2012.0045

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Clark N. Rock, life, fire: speculative geophysics and the anthropocene. Oxford Literary Review. 2012;34(2):259–276. doi: 10.3366/olr.2012.0045

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Clark, Nigel. / Rock, life, fire : speculative geophysics and the anthropocene. In: Oxford Literary Review. 2012 ; Vol. 34, No. 2. pp. 259–276.

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