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Amino-acids in Recent Sediments off South-east Devon, England

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RECENT results1–3 on the amino-acid content of marine sediments have related to basin deposits; the diagenetic alteration of these may not be strictly comparable with analogous changes in shelf sediments.

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CLARKE, R. Amino-acids in Recent Sediments off South-east Devon, England. Nature 213, 1003–1005 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2131003a0

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