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Global sediment thickness data set updated for the Australian-Antarctic Southern Ocean. / Whittaker, Joanne M.; Goncharov, Alexey; Williams, Simon E.; Müller, R. Dietmar; Leitchenkov, German.

In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Vol. 14, No. 8, 01.08.2013, p. 3297-3305.

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Whittaker, JM, Goncharov, A, Williams, SE, Müller, RD & Leitchenkov, G 2013, 'Global sediment thickness data set updated for the Australian-Antarctic Southern Ocean', Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 3297-3305. https://doi.org/10.1002/ggge.20181

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Whittaker, J. M., Goncharov, A., Williams, S. E., Müller, R. D., & Leitchenkov, G. (2013). Global sediment thickness data set updated for the Australian-Antarctic Southern Ocean. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14(8), 3297-3305. https://doi.org/10.1002/ggge.20181

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Whittaker JM, Goncharov A, Williams SE, Müller RD, Leitchenkov G. Global sediment thickness data set updated for the Australian-Antarctic Southern Ocean. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 2013 Aug 1;14(8):3297-3305. https://doi.org/10.1002/ggge.20181

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Whittaker, Joanne M. ; Goncharov, Alexey ; Williams, Simon E. ; Müller, R. Dietmar ; Leitchenkov, German. / Global sediment thickness data set updated for the Australian-Antarctic Southern Ocean. In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 2013 ; Vol. 14, No. 8. pp. 3297-3305.

BibTeX

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