January 6, 2002 Journal article Open Access

Oddbjørn Bruland; S. Gerland; Agnieszka Beszczynska-Möller; Harald Svendsen; Jon Ove Hagen; Bernard Lefauconnier; Carlo Papucci; Marek Zajaczkowski; Jon Børre Ørbæk; Kai Bischof; Christian Wiencke; Roberto Azzolini; Vigdis Tverberg

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