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Seung-Cheol Lee1, Gwan-Ho Lee2, Hyunshin Koh3

  • 1Environmental Planning Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.

Marine Pollution Bulletin
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(14)CClosed tube combustionElemental analyzerOrganic carbonSedimentSoil

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