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The science of sea-dumping
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The science of sea-dumping

  • ALAN REDDISH1 &
  • STEVE COUSINS1 

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REDDISH, A., COUSINS, S. The science of sea-dumping. Nature 316, 100 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/316100b0

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