ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] In the Southern Ocean, high accumulation rates of opal—which forms by precipitation from silica-bearing solutions—have been found in the sediment in spite of low production rates of biogenic silica and carbon in the overlying surface waters. This so-called ‘opal paradox’ ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/35012046
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