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Wallace Spencer Pitcher (1919-2004): an appreciation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2017

Bernard Elgey Leake FRSE  and
Bernard Elgey Leake
Bernard Elgey Leake
Affiliation:
School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Sciences, Main Building, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales CF10 3YE
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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 97 , Issue 4 , 2008 , pp. vii - xii
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