The Mekong continental shelf: The primary sink for deltaic sediment particles and their passengers

Oceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 60-70

  Nittrouer, Charles A ^a   Demaster, David J ^b   Eidam, Emily F ^a   Nguyen, Thanh T ^c   Liu, J Paul ^b   Ogston, Andrea S ^a   Phung, Phach V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

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EID: 85029578635     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2017.314     Document Type: Article

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