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Neogene-Quaternary contourite and related deposition on the West Shetland Slope and Faeroe-Shetland Channel revealed by high-resolution seismic studies - Marine Geophysical Research

  • ️Olson, Hilary Clement
  • ️Sat Sep 01 2001

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