The Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean) revisited with a view from the Moroccan Margin

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Terra Nova

• Publication date

  2007-06-01

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science, Geology

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2007.00734.x
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