A globally aggregated reconstruction of cycles of carbon and its isotopes

Atul K. Jain; Haroon S. Kheshgi; Donald J. Wuebbles

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v48i4.15933

A globally aggregated reconstruction of cycles of carbon and its isotopes

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 48 (1996): Issue 4

By: Atul K. Jain, Haroon S. Kheshgi and Donald J. Wuebbles

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v48i4.15933 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Submitted on: Nov 30, 1995

Accepted on: May 3, 1996

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