Holocene contourite sand sheet on the Barra Fan slope, NW Hebridean margin

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 99-119

  Stow, Dorrik A V ^a   Armishaw, Julie E ^b   Holmes, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Robertson Research International   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 42549123669     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.MEM.2002.022.01.09     Document Type: Article

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