Editorial submarine geomorphology: New views on an 'unseen' landscape

Basin Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 467-472

  Hillier, J K ^a   Tilmann, F ^a   Hovius, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 57049147499     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2008.00387.x     Document Type: Editorial

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