Chapter 20 Shallow-Water Contourites

Developments in Sedimentology

Volumn 60, Issue , 2008, Pages 409-433

  Verdicchio, G ^a,b   Trincardi, F ^a  

^a ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^b Edison Spa   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1016/S0070-4571(08)10020-6     Document Type: Review

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