Chapter 5 Geology and hydrogeology of the Florida Keys

Developments in Sedimentology

Volumn 54, Issue C, 2004, Pages 217-248

  Halley, Robert B ^a   Vacher, H L ^a   Shinn, Eugene A ^a  

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DOI: 10.1016/S0070-4571(04)80027-X     Document Type: Chapter

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