Sulfur diagenesis and burial on the Amazon shelf: Major control by physical sedimentation processes

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-10

  Aller, Robert C ^a   Blair, Neal E ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001818293     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01218830     Document Type: Article

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