Assessing global-scale organic matter reactivity patterns in marine sediments using a lognormal reactive continuum model

Xu, Sinan; Liu, Bo; Arndt, Sandra; Kasten, Sabine; Wu, Zijun

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-2251-2023

Articles | Volume 20, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-2251-2023

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Articles | Volume 20, issue 12

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20 Jun 2023

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Assessing global-scale organic matter reactivity patterns in marine sediments using a lognormal reactive continuum model

Sinan Xu, Bo Liu, Sandra Arndt, Sabine Kasten, and Zijun Wu

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