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Long-term variability in the global carbon cycle inferred from a high-precision CO2 and δ13C ice-core record Cover

Long-term variability in the global carbon cycle inferred from a high-precision CO2 and δ13C ice-core record

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Language: English
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Submitted on: Jan 14, 1998
Accepted on: Nov 24, 1998
Published on: Jan 1, 1999
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