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SHALLOW seismic profiling, sediment coring and drilling from an anchored ship have provided new information about sedimentation in the Sea of the Hebrides. Some initial results are summarized here.
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BINNS, P., HARLAND, R. & HUGHES, M. Glacial and postglacial sedimentation in the Sea of the Hebrides. Nature 248, 751–754 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/248751a0
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