Asymmetrical turbid surface-plume deposition near ice-outlets of the Pleistocene Laurentide ice sheet in the Labrador Sea

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 179-187

  Hesse, Reinhard ^a   Khodabakhsh, Saeed ^a   Klaucke, Ingo ^b   Ryan, William B F ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 0000872049     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003670050024     Document Type: Article

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