Chapter 14 Contourite Drifts. Nature, Evolution and Controls

Developments in Sedimentology

Volumn 60, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Faugeres J C ^a   Stow, D A V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/S0070-4571(08)10014-0     Document Type: Review

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