Changes in tropospheric methane between 1841 and 1978 from a high accumulation-rate Antarctic ice core
By: D. M. Etheridge, G. I. Pearman and P. J. Fraser
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v44i4.15456 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
Language: English
Page range: 282 - 294
Submitted on: Oct 24, 1991
Accepted on: Mar 30, 1992
Published on: Jan 1, 1992
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© 1992 D. M. Etheridge, G. I. Pearman, P. J. Fraser, published by Stockholm University Press
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