Environmental Studies Research Funds 157 Documentation of Recent Iceberg Grounding Evens and a Comparison with Older Events of Know Age, Northern Grand Bank, Canada April 2006 Environmental Studies Research Funds Report ESRF # 157 June, 2005 DOCUMENTATION OF RECENT GRAND BANK ICEBERG GROUNDING EVENTS AND COMPARISON WITH OLDER EVENTS OF KNOWN AGE 1 1 2 3 Gary SonnichsenP ,P Thian HundertP ,P Robert Myers P ,P Patricia PocklingtonP P 1 P P Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic), P.O. Box 1006, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B2Y 4A2
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