Hemipelagites: processes, facies and model

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 129, Issue , 1998, Pages 317-337

  Stow, Dorrik A V ^a   Tabrez, Ali R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b National Institute of Oceanography Pakistan   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; QUATERNARY;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0032453984     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.129.01.19     Document Type: Article

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