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The atmospheric cycle of methane Cover

The atmospheric cycle of methane

Tellus
Volume 26 (1974): Issue 1-2
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|Jan 1974
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v26i1-2.9737 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 58 - 70
Submitted on: May 21, 1973
Accepted on: Sep 6, 1973
Published on: Jan 1, 1974
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1974 D. H. Ehhalt, published by Stockholm University Press
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