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Back to the Ocean Cycles: Benthic Fluxes and Their Distribution Patterns

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Marine Geochemistry

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The observations made in the preceding chapters have demonstrated that the upper sediment layers usually contain the highest biochemical reaction rates within marine deposits.

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Zabel, M., Hensen, C., Schlüter, M. (2000). Back to the Ocean Cycles: Benthic Fluxes and Their Distribution Patterns. In: Schulz, H.D., Zabel, M. (eds) Marine Geochemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04242-7_12

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