Key controls on the characteristics of turbidite systems

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 222, Issue , 2004, Pages 9-22

  Bouma, Arnold H ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TURBIDITE;

EID: 2142643717     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.222.01.02     Document Type: Article

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