Microbial influence on the oxygen isotopic composition of diagenetic siderite

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1705-1711

  Mortimer, Robert J G ^a,b   Coleman, Max L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001598043     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00027-6     Document Type: Article

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