Chapter Twelve Deep-Sea Corals: New Insights to Paleoceanography

Developments in Marine Geology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 491-522

  Sherwood, Owen A ^a   Risk, Michael J ^a  

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CORAL; DEEP SEA; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

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EID: 37349055379     PISSN: 15725480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1572-5480(07)01017-2     Document Type: Review

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