Tertiary seawater chemistry - Implications from primary fluid inclusions in marine halite

American Journal of Science

Volumn 300, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 725-767

  Zimmermann, Heide ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040191823     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/ajs.300.10.723     Document Type: Article

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