Abiological formation of formic acid on rocks in nature

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-95

  Ohta, Kiyohisa ^a   Ogawa, Hirosi ^a   Mizuno, Takayuki ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; FORMIC ACID; SILICATE; WEATHERING;

EID: 0033990835     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(99)00014-1     Document Type: Article

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