The Sediment Load of the Mekong River

The Mekong

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 113-142

  Walling, Des E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84882461921     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374026-7.00006-1     Document Type: Chapter

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