Wave-emplaced coarse debris and megaclasts in Ireland and Scotland: Boulder transport in a high-energy littoral environment: A reply

Journal of Geology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 705-709

  Scheffers, Anja ^a   Kelletat, Dieter ^b   Scheffers, Sander ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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EID: 78649605787     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656356     Document Type: Note

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