Silt heavy-mineral distributions off the Southeastern United States

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-122

  Poppe, L J ^a   Commeau, J A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 6244258015     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02202606     Document Type: Article

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