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Reservoir timescales for anthropogenic CO2 in the atmosphere

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|Jan 1994

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Language: English
Page range: 378 - 389
Submitted on: Jun 16, 1993
Accepted on: Jun 9, 1994
Published on: Jan 1, 1994
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1994 Brian C. O’neill, Stuart R. Gaffin, Francesco N. Tubiello, Michael Oppenheimer, published by Stockholm University Press
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