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Turning sunlight into stone: the oxalate-carbonate pathway in a tropical tree ecosystem
G. Cailleau
Institute of geology and palaeontology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
O. Braissant
Laboratory of Biomechanics & Biocalorimetry, Biozentrum/Pharmazentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
E. P. Verrecchia
Institute of geology and palaeontology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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