α-Aminoisobutyric acid and isovaline in Tokyo Bay sediments

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-50

  Mita, Hajime ^a   Shimoyama, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COASTAL SEDIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATER;

JAPAN;

EID: 0031693139     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00326-8     Document Type: Article

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