Microbial Colonization of Bare Rocks: Laboratory Biofilm Enhances Mineral Weathering
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عنوان ژورنال: Procedia Earth and Planetary Science
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1878-5220
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeps.2014.08.042