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Stretching the envelope of past surface environments : Neoproterozoic glacial lakes from Svalbard.

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Stretching the envelope of past surface environments : Neoproterozoic glacial lakes from Svalbard. / Bao, Huiming; Fairchild, Ian J.; Wynn, Peter M. et al.
In: Science, Vol. 323, No. 5910, 02.01.2009, p. 119-122.

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Bao, H, Fairchild, IJ, Wynn, PM & Spotl, C 2009, 'Stretching the envelope of past surface environments : Neoproterozoic glacial lakes from Svalbard.', Science, vol. 323, no. 5910, pp. 119-122. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1165373

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Bao, H., Fairchild, I. J., Wynn, P. M., & Spotl, C. (2009). Stretching the envelope of past surface environments : Neoproterozoic glacial lakes from Svalbard. Science, 323(5910), 119-122. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1165373

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Bao H, Fairchild IJ, Wynn PM, Spotl C. Stretching the envelope of past surface environments : Neoproterozoic glacial lakes from Svalbard. Science. 2009 Jan 2;323(5910):119-122. doi: 10.1126/science.1165373

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Bao, Huiming ; Fairchild, Ian J. ; Wynn, Peter M. et al. / Stretching the envelope of past surface environments : Neoproterozoic glacial lakes from Svalbard. In: Science. 2009 ; Vol. 323, No. 5910. pp. 119-122.

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