Organic-matter production and preservation and evolution of anoxia in the Holocene Black Sea

Paleoceanography

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 395-411

  Arthur, Michael A ^a   Dean, Walter E ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 0000622061     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98PA01161     Document Type: Article

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