Pigment fingerprints as markers of erosion and changes in cohesive sediment surface properties in simulated and natural erosion events

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 139, Issue , 1998, Pages 99-114

  Wiltshire, K H ^a,b,c   Tolhurst, T ^a   Paterson, D M ^a   Davidson, I ^a   Gust, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 33747536288     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.139.01.08     Document Type: Article

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