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16 - Environmental controls on sediment composition and particle fluxes over the Antarctic continental shelf

from Part IV - Solute and sedimentary fluxes in sub-Antarctic and Antarctic environments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2016

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Enrique Isla
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Achim A. Beylich ,
John C. Dixon  and
Zbigniew Zwoliński
Achim A. Beylich
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Geological Survey of Norway
John C. Dixon
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University of Arkansas
Zbigniew Zwoliński
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Adam Mickiewicz University
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Source-to-Sink Fluxes in Undisturbed Cold Environments , pp. 199 - 212
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