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- ↑ "Introduction". History of Geoscience: Celebrating 50 Years of INHIGEO. 6 June 2017. p. 3. ISBN 9781786202697.
- ↑ Organization and Members. National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). 1994. p. 180.
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