Understanding fine-grained river-sediment dispersal on continental margins

Marine Geology - Tập 263 - Trang 34-45 - 2009
J.P. Walsh1, C.A. Nittrouer2
1Department of Geological Sciences and Institute for Coastal Science and Policy, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, United States
2School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7940, United States

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