Quaternary sedimentation in the Arctic Ocean

Oceanography

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 52-64

  Polyak, Leonid ^a   Jakobsson, Martin ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 80052570499     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2011.55     Document Type: Editorial

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