Biogeochemical weathering of silicate minerals

Geomicrobiology: Interactions Between Microbes and Minerals

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 391-428

  Barker, William W ^a   Welch, Susan A ^a   Banfield, Jillian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1515/9781501509247     Document Type: Chapter

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