Organic matter accumulation in sediments of hypersaline Mono Lake during a period of changing salinity

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1539-1544

  Jellison, Robert ^a   Anderson, Robert F ^b   Melack, John M ^a   Heil, Darla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 0000026680     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.7.1539     Document Type: Article

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