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Origin of CO2 undersaturation in the western tropical Atlantic Cover

Origin of CO2 undersaturation in the western tropical Atlantic

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 62 (2010): Issue 5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00475.x | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 595 - 607
Submitted on: Nov 24, 2009
Accepted on: Jun 3, 2010
Published on: Jan 1, 2010
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2010 Nathalie Lefèvre, Denis Diverrès, Francis Gallois, published by Stockholm University Press
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