Carbonate removal from coastal sediments for the determination of organic carbon and its isotopic signatures, δ13C and Δ14C: Comparison of fumigation and direct acidification by hydrochloric acid

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 6, Issue JUN, 2008, Pages 254-262

  Komada, Tomoko ^a   Anderson, Mark R ^a   Dorfmeier, Corin L ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 46749130504     PISSN: 15415856     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2008.6.254     Document Type: Article

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