Evidence from nitrogen isotope ratios for enhanced productivity during formation of eastern Mediterranean sapropels

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• Publication year

  1992

• Venue

  Nature

• Publication date

  1992-09-01

• Fields of study

  Geology, Chemistry, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/359223A0
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