Morphology and sedimentation on the Hebrides Slope and Barra Fan, NW UK continental margin

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 129, Issue , 1998, Pages 81-104

  Armishaw, Julie E ^a,b   Holmes, Richard W ^b   Stow, Dorrik A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SUBMARINE FAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032463661     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.129.01.06     Document Type: Article

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