Molybdenum stable isotopes: Observations, interpretations and directions

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 55, Issue , 2004, Pages 429-454

  Anbar, Ariel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 30644476727     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/gsrmg.55.1.429     Document Type: Article

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