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| Title | Oceanography: A View of the Earth |
| Author | Meredith Grant Gross |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Prentice-Hall, 1972 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jan 20, 2006 |
| ISBN | 0136296599, 9780136296591 |
| Length | 581 pages |
| Subjects | › › Science / Earth Sciences / Oceanography |
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