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Anthropogenic CO2 in the oceans estimated using transit time distributions

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|Jan 2006

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Language: English
Page range: 376 - 389
Submitted on: Jan 12, 2006
Accepted on: Jul 10, 2006
Published on: Jan 1, 2006
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2006 D. W. Waugh, T. M. Hall, B. I. McNeil, R. Key, R. J. Matear, published by Stockholm University Press
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