By E. Schumann, E. Schumann
Mendacity alongside the japanese seaboard of South Africa, the province of Natal has many very important institutions with the sea. there's a substantial wealth of knowledge to be had, offered by means of experts from academia and state-funded study agencies. hence, this quantity presents the reader with a huge and thorough evaluation of the oceanography of this crucial quarter of the Southern African beach. This quantity can be of curiosity to a large viewers of oceanographers, marine geologists, and geographers
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Plat e tectoni c statu s an d sedimentar y basi n in-fll l o f th e Nata l Valle y (S W India n Ocean) . Join t Geologica l Survey/Universit y o f Cap e Tow n Marin e Geolog y Programm e Bulleti n 14 , 20 9 pp . MARTIN , A K (1986) . A compariso n o f sedimentatio n rate s i n th e Copyright American Geophysical Union. Transferred from Springer-Verlag in June 1992. Nata l Lecture Notes on Coastal and Estuarine Studies Coastal Ocean Studies off Natal, South Africa Vol. W . coas t rivers , (i n press) .
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