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On the geological and scientific legacy of petrogenic organic carbon

Thomas M. Blattmann, Dominik Letsch and Timothy I. Eglinton
American Journal of Science October 2018, 318 (8) 861-881; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/08.2018.02

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On the geological and scientific legacy of petrogenic organic carbon
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