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The ‘global journey’, which traced material from its sources, through the ocean reservoir, and to the sediment sink, has now been completed. In the present chapter the various strands will be brought together in an overview of the present state of the art in marine geochemistry.
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Chester, R. (1990). Marine geochemistry: an overview. In: Marine Geochemistry. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9488-7_17
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