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A definition of the term ganister

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

C. J. Percival
C. J. Percival
Affiliation:
BP Petroleum Development Limited, Britannic House, Moor Lane, London, EC2Y 9BU, 21st September 1982
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Geological Magazine , Volume 120 , Issue 2 , March 1983 , pp. 187 - 190
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