The anatomy of an oceanic flood deposit

Oceanography

Volumn 9, Issue SPL.ISS. 3, 1996, Pages 158-162

  Wheatcroft, Robert A ^a   Borgeld, Jeffry C ^b   Born, Rebecca S ^c   Drake, David E ^d   Leithold, Elana L ^c   Nittrouer, Charles A ^e   Sommerfield, Christopher K ^e  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001198435     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.1996.03     Document Type: Article

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