Distribution of fluid muds on the Amazon continental shelf

Marine Geology

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 1995, Pages 193-233

  Kineke, G C ^a,b   Sternberg, R W ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID MUD; RIVER SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHELF DYNAMICS; SHELF PROCESS; SHELF PROCESSES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC, AMAZON CONTINENTAL SHELF; ATLANTIC, AMAZON SHELF;

EID: 0029516716     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(95)00013-O     Document Type: Article

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