Studies of mass-movement processes on submarine slopes

Oceanography

Volumn 9, Issue SPL.ISS. 3, 1996, Pages 168-172

  Pratson, Lincoln F ^a   Lee, Homa J ^b   Parker, Gary ^c   Garcia, Marcelo H ^d   Coakley, Bernard J ^e   Mohrig, David ^c   Locat, Jacques ^f   Mello, Ulisses ^g   Parsons, Jeffrey D ^d   Choi, Sun Uk ^d   Isreal, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d United States of America   (United States)

^e International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^f Lavelle University   (Canada)

^g IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0009817412     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.1996.05     Document Type: Article

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