Articles | Volume 10, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-977-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-977-2013
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Comment on "Possible source of ancient carbon in phytolith concentrates from harvested grasses" by G. M. Santos et al. (2012)

L. A. Sullivan and J. F. Parr

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