The Crustal Structure in the Weddell Sea Basin between Berkner Island and Antarctic Peninsula

Terra Antarctica

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 195-198

  Hubscher C ^a   Jokat, W ^a   King, E ^b   Kudryavtzev, G ^c   Leitchenkov, G ^d  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c Polar Mar Geol Research Expedition   (Russian Federation)

^d A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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