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Chemical Geology

Volume 107, Issues 3–4, 25 July 1993, Pages 385-388
Chemical Geology

Section 5 — Global biogeochemical cycles
Sorption of organic matter to mineral surfaces and the preservation of organic matter in coastal marine sediments

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