The oceanic crust as a bioreactor

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 144, Issue , 2004, Pages 325-341

  Staudigel, Hubert ^a   Tebo, Bradley ^a   Yayanos, Art ^a   Fumes, Harald ^b   Kelley, Katie ^c   Plank, Terry ^c   Muehlenbachs, Karlis ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 77949556598     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/144GM20     Document Type: Chapter

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