Giant sediment drifts on the continental rise west of the Antarctic Peninsula

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 65-75

  Rebesco, Michele ^a,b   Larter, Robert D ^c   Camerlenghi, Angelo ^b   Barker, Peter F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002722775     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02202600     Document Type: Article

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