Global mass wasting at continental margins during Ordovician high meteorite influx

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-61

  Parnell, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67649158627     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo386     Document Type: Article

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