Using paleosols to understand paleo-carbon burial

SEPM Special Publications

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 71-78

  Sheldon, Nathan D ^a   Tabor, Neil J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microbes; Miocene; Weathering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940249570     PISSN: 1060071X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2110/sepmsp.104.11     Document Type: Article

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