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References
- ↑ "1998 William Christian Krumbein Medal - IAMG". www.iamg.org.
- ↑ Harbaugh, John W. (1 November 1999). "Association Announcement, 1998 William Christian Krumbein Medal". Mathematical Geology. 31 (8): 1013–1018. doi:10.1023/A:1007513332043. S2CID 115815604.
- ↑ Geographic Information Systems for Geoscientists.
- ↑ Progress in Geomathematics. Springer. 2008. ISBN 9783540694953.
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