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Elbaz-Poulichet, F., Guan, D.M. and Martin, J.M., 1991. Trace metal behaviour
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Zhdanov, M.S. and Keller, G.V., 1994. The
Geoelectrical Methods in Geophysical Exploration. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
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Thomas, E., 1992. Middle Eocene-late Oligocene bathyal benthic foraminifera
(Weddell Sea): faunal changes and implications for ocean circulation. In: Prothero, D.R., Berggren, W.A. (Eds.), Eocene Oligo-cene Climatic
and Biotic Evolution. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, pp. 245-271.
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Smith, M.W., 1988. The significance of climatic change for the permafrost environment. Final Proc. Int. Conf. Permafrost. Tapir, Trondheim,
Norway, pp. 18-23.
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Moustakas, N., 1990. Relationships of Morphological and Physiochemical Properties of Vertisols under Greek Climate Conditions.
Ph.D. Thesis, Agricultural Univ. Athens, Greece, unpublished.
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Jones, P., 1996. Research
activities at Smith Technology Institute. WWW Page, http://www.sti.com/about_us/research.
Smith, F., Peabody, A.N.,
1997. Hydrographic data for the Sargasso Sea, July-September 1993, SarSea mission. (Deep-Sea Data Centre, Hull, UK), online, dataset,
740 MB, http://www.dcdc.gov.
Green, A., 1991. Deformations in Acanthaster planci from the Coral Sea, observed during
UEA Special Project 7, July 1978. Journal of Pollution Research 14 (7) suppl., CD-ROM, photographic images, 240 MB.
James, Z., 1997.
Ecological effects of sea wall construction during 1994 at Bridlington, UK. List server Message, Eco-list, 20 October 1995.
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