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Page 487
... Drilling Project ( a research program un- dertaken by several major U.S. oceanographic institutions from 1968 to 1983 ) has revealed the existence of diamic- tites and other sediments on the Antarctic shelf about longitude 76 ° E and ...
... Drilling Project ( a research program un- dertaken by several major U.S. oceanographic institutions from 1968 to 1983 ) has revealed the existence of diamic- tites and other sediments on the Antarctic shelf about longitude 76 ° E and ...
Page 488
... Drilling Project and its offshoots , which have yielded , with in- ternational collaboration , an immense array of sediment cores drawn from areas of the world ocean floor likely to yield direct evidence of climatic variation ; and ( 5 ) ...
... Drilling Project and its offshoots , which have yielded , with in- ternational collaboration , an immense array of sediment cores drawn from areas of the world ocean floor likely to yield direct evidence of climatic variation ; and ( 5 ) ...
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... drill deep water wells . This situation encouraged the herdsmen not only to give up their nomadic way of life and remain near the wells but also to raise more livestock . Overgrazing resulted and , as drought conditions persisted ...
... drill deep water wells . This situation encouraged the herdsmen not only to give up their nomadic way of life and remain near the wells but also to raise more livestock . Overgrazing resulted and , as drought conditions persisted ...
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CHINESE LITERATURE | 231 |
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