Gas-charged sediments in the Amazon submarine delta

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-35

  Figueiredo Jr , Alberto G ^a   Nittrouer, Charles A ^b   De Alencar Costa, Elen ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002203963     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01218835     Document Type: Article

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