Silicates in carbonate speleothems, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, U.S.A.

Studies of Cave Sediments: Physical and Chemical Records of Paleoclimate

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 303-311

  Polyak, Victor J ^a   Guven, Necip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84889964367     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5766-3_16     Document Type: Chapter

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