Calcified cyanobacteria

Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series

Volumn , Issue 9781402092114, 2011, Pages 211-223

  Riding, Robert ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84859438306     PISSN: 13884360     EISSN: 1871756X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9212-1_63     Document Type: Chapter

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