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The biogeochemical cycling of formic and acetic acids through the troposphere: an overview of current understanding Cover

The biogeochemical cycling of formic and acetic acids through the troposphere: an overview of current understanding

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|Jan 1988

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Language: English
Page range: 322 - 334
Submitted on: Nov 30, 1987
Accepted on: Apr 12, 1988
Published on: Jan 1, 1988
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1988 William C. Keene, James N. Galloway, published by Stockholm University Press
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