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FOR some years I have held a view of the possible origin of some at least of the coal measures of the polar regions that is not found in the ordinary geological text-books. After discussing it with a dozen friends who are geologists, and some of them specialists in glacial geology, I have concluded—somewhat to my surprise—that the theory is new. A short statement of the theory may therefore be desirable.
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STEFANSSON, V. Polar Temperatures and Coal Measures. Nature 112, 162–163 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/112162b0
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