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Barium in Deep-sea Sediments of the Atlantic Ocean

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USING a spectroanalytical technique1 we have examined the distribution of barium in the tops of cores raised in the Atlantic Ocean by the Lamont Geological Observatory.

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TUREKIAN, K., TAUSCH, E. Barium in Deep-sea Sediments of the Atlantic Ocean. Nature 201, 696–697 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201696b0

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