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- 1973
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- article
- Volume
- 246
- Issue
- 5428
- Pages
- 86-88
- Citations
- 34
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D. G. King‐Hele,
Gerald Cook
(1973).
Refining the Earth's Pear Shape.
Nature
, 246
(5428)
, 86-88.
https://doi.org/10.1038/246086a0
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- DOI
- 10.1038/246086a0