Long-range transport of continental radon in subantarctic and antarctic areas
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v38i3-4.15126 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
Language: English
Page range: 179 - 189
Submitted on: Oct 10, 1985
Accepted on: Apr 17, 1986
Published on: Jan 1, 1986
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© 1986 Georges Polian, Gerard Lambert, Benedicte Ardouin, Alain Jegou, published by Stockholm University Press
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