Mixed Carbonate–Siliciclastic Sedimentation Along the Great Barrier Reef Upper Slope: A Challenge To the Reciprocal Sedimentation Model
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Sedimentary Research
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1527-1404
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2015.58.1