New aspects of organic carbon deposition and its paleoceanographic implications along the Northern Barents Sea Margin during the last 30,000 years

Paleoceanography

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 384-394

  Knies, Jochen ^a   Stein, Ruediger ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 0001286241     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98PA01501     Document Type: Article

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