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Scale Standards in Geographical Research: A New Measure of Areal Magnitude

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HAGGETT, P., CHORLEY, R. & STODDART, D. Scale Standards in Geographical Research: A New Measure of Areal Magnitude. Nature 205, 844–847 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/205844a0

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