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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