Noble gases in ocean waters and sediments

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Schlosser, Peter ^a,b   Winckler, Gisela ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 2942671090     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2002.47.15     Document Type: Article

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