Isotopic compositions and probable origins of organic molecules in the Eocene Messel shale

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• Publication year

  1987

• Venue

  Nature

• Publication date

  1987-09-03

• Fields of study

  Geology, Medicine, Chemistry, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/329048A0PMID 11540881
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