Sulfides in biosystems

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 61, Issue , 2006, Pages 679-714

  Pósfai, Mihály ^a   Dunin Borkowski, Rafal E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-SYSTEMS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33748035070     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2006.61.13     Document Type: Review

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