West Florida continental slope

Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota: Volume III, Geology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 129-139

  Brooks, Gregg R ^a   Holmes, Charles W ^b  

^a ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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