Seismic facies and specific character of the bottom simulating reflector on the western margin of Paramushir Island, Sea of Okhotsk

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 297-304

  Basov, E I ^a   Van Weering, T C E ^b   Gaedike, C ^c,g   Baranov, B V ^d   Lelikov, E P ^e   Obzhirov, A I ^f   Belykh, I N ^f  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e IL ICHEV PACIFIC OCEANOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^f INSTITUTE OF MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^g GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

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EID: 0142130678     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01245560     Document Type: Article

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