Particle fluxes, benthic processes and the palaeoenvironmental record in the Northern Weddell Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1841-1876

  Pudsey, Carol J ^a   King, Penny ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031407175     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(97)00064-2     Document Type: Article

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