Modern accumulation rates and a sediment budget for the Eel shelf: a flood-dominated depositional environment

Marine Geology - Tập 154 - Trang 227-241 - 1999
Christopher K Sommerfield1, Charles A Nittrouer1
1Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000, USA

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