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Organic carbon production, mineralisation and preservation on the Peruvian margin
A. W. Dale
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
S. Sommer
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
U. Lomnitz
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
I. Montes
Instituto Geofísico del Perú (IGP), Lima, Peru
T. Treude
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Present address: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
V. Liebetrau
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
J. Gier
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
C. Hensen
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
M. Dengler
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
K. Stolpovsky
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
L. D. Bryant
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
K. Wallmann
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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