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- ↑ Florida State University faculty profile Archived 2012-08-01 at archive.today
- ↑ Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility Archived 2007-04-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ ANDRILL
- ↑ "Sherwood Wise". aaas.org. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
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