Hadean Ocean carbonate geochemistry

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 301-319

  Morse, John W ^a   Mackenzie, Fred T ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; EARLY EARTH; GEOCHEMISTRY; HADEAN; SEAWATER;

EID: 0032433363     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009632230875     Document Type: Article

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