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The sensitivity of atmospheric CO2 concentrations to input of iron to the oceans Cover

The sensitivity of atmospheric CO2 concentrations to input of iron to the oceans

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 51 (1999): Issue 2
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|Jan 1999
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v51i2.16320 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 453 - 460
Accepted on: Sep 24, 1998
Published on: Jan 1, 1999
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1999 Andrew J. Watson, Nathalie Lefèvre, published by Stockholm University Press
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