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The Exxon Factor: The Roles of Corporate and Academic Science in the Emergence and Legitimation of a New Global Model of Sequence Stratigraphy

Charlene E. MiallMcMaster UniversityCorrespondence[email protected]
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Andrew D. MiallUniversity of TorontoCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 307-334 | Published online: 12 Dec 2016

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