Slope sea currents during the 1990-1991 106-Mile Site investigations

Journal of Marine Environmental Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 203-225

  Hamilton, Peter ^a   McDowell, Scott ^a   Waddell, Evans ^a   Redford, David ^b   Pabst, Douglas ^b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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EID: 1542340044     PISSN: 1061026X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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