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Author: PETER J. SMITH
Department of Earth Sciences
Open University
Milton Keynes, U.K.
D.M. Sherman, "Chemical bonding and the incorporation of potassium into the Earth's core," Geophysical Research Letters, 17, 693-6, May 1990. (U.S. Geological Survey, Denver)
L.M. Reinink-Smith, "Relative frequency of Neogene volcanic events as recorded in coal partings from the Kenai lowland, Alaska: a comparison with deep-sea core data," Geological Society of America Bulletin, 102, 830-40, ...
