Characterization of dicarboxylic acids in the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary sediments at Kawaruppu, Hokkaido, Japan, and comparison with those of carbonaceous chondrites

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 23-24, 1998, Pages 3695-3702

  Mita, Hajime ^a   Fukunaga, Nobue ^a,b   Shimoyama, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; KAWARUPPU;

EID: 0032464162     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00259-2     Document Type: Article

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