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The atmospheric CH4 increase since the Last Glacial Maximum: (2) Interactions with oxidants Cover

The atmospheric CH4 increase since the Last Glacial Maximum: (2) Interactions with oxidants

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 45 (1993): Issue 3
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|Jan 1993
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v45i3.15727 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 242 - 257
Submitted on: Mar 10, 1992
Accepted on: Nov 2, 1992
Published on: Jan 1, 1993
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1993 A. M. Thompson, J. A. Chappellaz, I. Y. Fung, T. L. Kucsera, published by Stockholm University Press
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