Geomicrobiology of fluid venting structures at the Salse di Nirano mud volcano area in the Northern Apennines (Italy)

Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences

Volumn 131, Issue , 2011, Pages 209-220

  Heller, Christina ^a   Blumenberg, Martin ^a   Kokoschka, Sebastian ^a   Wrede, Christoph ^a   Hoppert, Michael ^a   Taviani, Marco ^b   Reitner, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

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EID: 79551535191     PISSN: 09300317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10415-2_14     Document Type: Article

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