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Nauru in the Arc of Instability: Too Many Degrees of Freedom?

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Australia’s Arc of Instability

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Herr, R., Potter, D. (2006). Nauru in the Arc of Instability: Too Many Degrees of Freedom?. In: Rumley, D., Forbes, V.L., Griffin, C. (eds) Australia’s Arc of Instability. The GeoJournal Library, vol 82. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3826-7_12

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