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Salty brines on the Mediterranean sea floor

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  1. GEOMAR Forschungszentrum für Marine Geowissenschaften der Universität Kiel, Wischhofstrasse 1-3, D-24148, Kiel, Germany

    Klaus Wallmann & Erwin Suess

  2. School of Earth Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK

    Graham H. Westbrook

  3. Institute für Umweltphysik der Universität Heidelberg, Im Meisenheimer Feld 366, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Gisela Winckler

  4. Universita Degli Studi Milano, Dipartimento Di Scienze Della Terra, Via Maniagalli 34, Milano, Italy

    Maria B. Cita

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Wallmann, K., Suess, E., Westbrook, G. et al. Salty brines on the Mediterranean sea floor. Nature 387, 31–32 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/387031a0

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