Mesozoic pelagic sediments: Archives for ocean and climate history during green-house conditions

Developments in Sedimentology

Volumn 63, Issue C, 2011, Pages 765-792

  Weissert, Helmut ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53000-4.00011-1     Document Type: Book

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