Continental-slope sedimentation: The view from Northern California

Oceanography

Volumn 9, Issue SPL.ISS. 3, 1996, Pages 163-167

  Syvitski, James P ^a   Alexander, Clark R ^b   Field, Michael E ^c   Gardner, James V ^c   Orange, Daniel L ^d   Yun, Janet W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0011381066     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.1996.04     Document Type: Article

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