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Terra Incognita: Explanation and Reduction in Earth Science

Maarten G. Kleinhans Universiteit Utrecht, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Chris J. J. Buskes Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Henk W. de Regt Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
Pages 289-317 | Published online: 20 Aug 2006

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