Constraints on the global sources of methane and an analysis of recent budgets
By: M. A. K. Khalil and R. A. Rasmussen
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v42i3.15212 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
Language: English
Page range: 229 - 236
Submitted on: Apr 24, 1989
Accepted on: Oct 17, 1989
Published on: Jan 1, 1990
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1990 M. A. K. Khalil, R. A. Rasmussen, published by Stockholm University Press
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