Biogeochemical cycles of sulfur and nitrogen in the archean ocean and atmosphere

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 164, Issue , 2006, Pages 305-320

  Shen, Yanan ^a   Pinti, Daniele L ^a   Hashizume, Ko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 79851495554     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/164GM19     Document Type: Chapter

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