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Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2-7

  Flemings, Peter B ^a   Grotzinger, John P ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASTIC DEPOSITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 0030422882     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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