A plug flow-through reactor for studying biogeochemical reactions in undisturbed aquatic sediments

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 269-280

  Roychoudhury, A N ^a   Viollier, E ^a   Van Cappellen, P ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0032029942     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(97)00064-4     Document Type: Article

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