Structural Controls on the Positioning of Submarine Channels on the Lower Slopes of the Niger Delta

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-52

  Morgan, Richard ^a  

^a Veritas DGC   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80052980656     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.MEM.2004.029.01.05     Document Type: Article

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