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Turbidity currents and submarine slumps, and the 1929 Grand Banks [Newfoundland] earthquake
Bruce Charles Heezen and William Maurice Ewing
American Journal of Science December 1952, 250 (12) 849-873; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/ajs.250.12.849


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Vol. 250, Issue 12
1 Dec 1952
Turbidity currents and submarine slumps, and the 1929 Grand Banks [Newfoundland] earthquake
Bruce Charles Heezen, William Maurice Ewing
American Journal of Science Dec 1952, 250 (12) 849-873; DOI: 10.2475/ajs.250.12.849
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