Scaling properties of gravity-driven sediments

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 1995, Pages 178-185

  Rothman, D H ^a   Grotzinger, J P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84984407935     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-2-178-1995     Document Type: Article

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