Special Issue Introduction: Sediment gravity flows - Recent insights into their dynamic and stratified/composite nature

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1897-1899

  Amy, Lawrence A ^a   McCaffrey, William D ^b   Talling, Peter J ^c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70350156878     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.02.016     Document Type: Editorial

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