Fossil Carbon in Particulate Organic Matter in the Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon Event

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 108-112

  Cherrier, J ^a   Sarkodee Adoo, J ^a   Guilderson, T P ^b   Chanton, J P ^c  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84969219486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ez400149c     Document Type: Article

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