Clay as indicator of sediment plume movement in deep-sea environment

Current Science

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1747-1751

  Valsangkar, Anil B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

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