Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World · 1977 · 20 citations · 8 references
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No systematic program of bottom sampling and geophysical surveys have been carried out on the Oregon and Washington OCS. As a consequence, adequate data essential to making an intelligent evaluation of the resources potential and geoenvironmental hazards do not exist. Such data not only need to be acquired in advance of any resources development of the
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