7Be as a tracer of flood sedimentation on the northern California continental margin

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 335-361

  Sommerfield, C K ^a   Nittrouer, C A ^b   Alexander, C R ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; SEDIMENTATION; TRACER;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033104924     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(98)00090-9     Document Type: Article

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