Fluvial incision and sequence stratigraphy: Alluvial responses to relative sea-level fall and their detection in the geological record

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 103, Issue , 1996, Pages 25-39

  Leeder, M R ^a   Stewart, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 5244237281     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.103.01.03     Document Type: Article

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