Serpentinization, carbon, and deep life

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 575-606

  Schrenk, Matthew O ^a   Brazelton, William J ^a   Lang, Susan Q ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84876999477     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2013.75.18     Document Type: Article

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