Naturally occurring inorganic nano particles: General assessment and a global budget for one of earth's last unexplored major geochemical components

Nature's Nanostructures

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-42

  Hochell, Michael F ^a   Aruguete, Deborah ^a,b   Kim, Bojeong ^a   Madden, Andrew S ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Science Foundation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4032/9789814364218     Document Type: Chapter

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