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  1. School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, 9 Rainforest Walk, Clayton/Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia

    Oliver Nebel

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Nebel, O. (2016). Rubidium. In: White, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Geochemistry. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39193-9_135-1

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