Vibracoring: A new method for coting deep lakes

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 433-440

  Smith, Derald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corer; Lacustrine environments; Lake bed; Palaeolimnology; Vibracoring

Indexed keywords

LAKE; SEDIMENT CORE; VIBRATION;

EID: 0031822269     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00031-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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