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The nature of the isotopically heavy carbon of carbon dioxide and bicarbonates in the waters of mud volcanoes in Azerbaijan

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Original Russian Text © A.A. Feyzullayev, U.A. Movsumova, 2010, published in Geokhimiya, 2010, Vol. 48, No. 5, pp. 551–557.

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Feyzullayev, A.A., Movsumova, U.A. The nature of the isotopically heavy carbon of carbon dioxide and bicarbonates in the waters of mud volcanoes in Azerbaijan. Geochem. Int. 48, 517–522 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016702910050083

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