Bacterial paleontology and studies of carbonaceous chondrites

Paleontological Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 439-459

  Gerasimenko, L M ^a   Hoover, R B ^a   Rozanov, A Yu ^a   Zhegallo, E A ^a   Zhmur, S I ^a  

^a PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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