Sedimentary carbon-isotope systematics on the Amazon shelf

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-23

  Sonimerfield, Christopher K ^a   Nittrouer, Charles A ^a   DeMaster, David J ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001780904     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01218832     Document Type: Article

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