Post-mesozoic rapid increase of seawater mg/ca due to enhanced mantle-seawater interaction

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ligi, Marco ^a   Bonatti, Enrico ^a,b   Cuffaro, Marco ^c   Brunelli, Daniele ^a,d  

^a ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

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EID: 84885115908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02752     Document Type: Article

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