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Distribution and origin of petroleum hydrocarbons in Pichavaram mangrove swamp along Tamilnadu coast, Bay of Bengal, India

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Venkatachalapathy, R., Veerasingam, S. & Rajeswari, V. Distribution and origin of petroleum hydrocarbons in Pichavaram mangrove swamp along Tamilnadu coast, Bay of Bengal, India. Geochem. Int. 50, 476–480 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016702912050072

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