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Volume 36 Issue 4
Aug 2025
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Yang Lu, Xiaolei Liu, Thorsten Stoesser, Eckart Meiburg, Dongfang Liang, Xingsen Guo. Challenging Issues in Microplastic Transport by Submarine Turbidity Currents. Journal of Earth Science, 2025, 36(4): 1842-1847. doi: 10.1007/s12583-025-0194-5
Citation: Yang Lu, Xiaolei Liu, Thorsten Stoesser, Eckart Meiburg, Dongfang Liang, Xingsen Guo. Challenging Issues in Microplastic Transport by Submarine Turbidity Currents. Journal of Earth Science, 2025, 36(4): 1842-1847. doi: 10.1007/s12583-025-0194-5

Challenging Issues in Microplastic Transport by Submarine Turbidity Currents

doi: 10.1007/s12583-025-0194-5
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  • Corresponding author: Xiaolei Liu, xiaolei@ouc.edu.cn
  • Received Date: 15 Jan 2025
  • Accepted Date: 04 Apr 2025
  • Available Online: 05 Aug 2025
  • Issue Publish Date: 30 Aug 2025
  • Conflict of Interest
    The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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