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Haese, R.R. (2006). The Biogeochemistry of Iron. In: Schulz, H.D., Zabel, M. (eds) Marine Geochemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-32144-6_7

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