Chapter 13 Contourite Facies and the Facies Model

Developments in Sedimentology

Volumn 60, Issue , 2008, Pages 223-256

  Stow, D A V ^a   Faugeres J C ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

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DOI: 10.1016/S0070-4571(08)10013-9     Document Type: Review

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