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Exploration and exploitation of natural heat in Iceland

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    Gunnar Bödvarsson

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Bödvarsson, G. Exploration and exploitation of natural heat in Iceland. Bull Volcanol 23, 241–250 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02596651

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