DOI: 10.1038/321061a0. Molecular evidence for a terrestrial component of organic matter dissolved in ocean water

Molecular evidence for a terrestrial component of organic matter dissolved in ocean water

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Meyers-Schulte, K. J., & Hedges, J. I. (1986). Molecular evidence for a terrestrial component of organic matter dissolved in ocean water. Nature, 321(6065), 61â63.

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Kathleen J. Meyers-Schulte (first)
John I. Hedges (additional)

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