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A multi-national, multi-parameter marine study of the western Solomon Sea and Region

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A geological /geophysical survey of the western Solomon Sea and Manus Basin, northeastern Bismarck Sea, was carried out in 1983-84. The results of the survey and associated studies are reported in this issue and a later issue ofGeo-Marine Letters.

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Tiffin, D.L., Honza, E. & Keene, J. A multi-national, multi-parameter marine study of the western Solomon Sea and Region. Geo-Marine Letters 6, 175–180 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02239578

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