Structure and Origin of the Earth's Crust in the Weddell Sea Embayment (beneath the Front of the Filchner and Ronne Ice Shelves) from Deep Seismic Sounding data

Polarforschung

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 143-154

  Leitchenkov, German L ^a   Kudryavtzev, Gennady A ^b  

^a VNIIOKEANGEOLOGIA   (Russian Federation)

^b Polar Mar Geol Research Expedition   (Russian Federation)

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