The southern Weddell Sea: combined contourite-turbidite sedimentation at the southeastern margin of the Weddell Gyre

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 305-323

  Michels, K H ^a   Kuhn, G ^a   Hillenbrand, C D ^a   Diekmann, B ^a   FUtterer D K ^a   Grobe, H ^a   Uenzelmann Neben, G ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 0346087060     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.MEM.2002.022.01.22     Document Type: Article

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