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6 - Estuarine Deposited Sediments: Sampling and Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2017

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K. L. Spencer
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R. J. Uncles  and
S. B. Mitchell
R. J. Uncles
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Plymouth Marine Laboratory
S. B. Mitchell
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Estuarine and Coastal Hydrography and Sediment Transport , pp. 153 - 178
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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