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Title: Iodine incorporation into dolomite: Experimental constraints and implications for the iodine redox proxy and Proterozoic Ocean
Award ID(s):
1829406
PAR ID:
10481009
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Elsevier
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Volume:
338
Issue:
C
ISSN:
0016-7037
Page Range / eLocation ID:
365 to 381
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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