Impact of mining on sedimentation; the Camel and Gannel estuaries, Cornwall

Geoscience in South-West England

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-28

  Pirrie, D ^a   Power, M R ^a   Payne, A ^a   Camm, G S ^a   Wheeler, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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