Carbon-sulfur-iron relationships in the rapidly accumulating marine sediments off southwestern Taiwan

Geochemical Society Special Publications

Volumn 9, Issue C, 2004, Pages 441-457

  Kao, Shuh Ji ^a   Hsu, Shih Chieh ^a   Horng, Chorng Shern ^a   Liu, Kon Kee ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING   (Taiwan)

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EID: 77957045828     PISSN: 18739881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1873-9881(04)80031-2     Document Type: Article

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