Terrigenous sediment supply along the Chilean continental margin: Modern regional patterns of texture and composition

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 477-494

  Lamy, F ^a   Hebbeln, D ^a   Wefer, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chile; Clastic sediments; Clay mineralogy; Granulometry; Marine sediments; Mineralogy; Modern continental margin sedimentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749132323     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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