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The climatic significance of δ13C in subalpine spruces (Lötschental, Swiss Alps) Cover

The climatic significance of δ13C in subalpine spruces (Lötschental, Swiss Alps)

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 53 (2001): Issue 5
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|Jan 2001
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v53i5.16639 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 593 - 611
Submitted on: Jan 15, 2001
Accepted on: Jun 1, 2001
Published on: Jan 1, 2001
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 2001 Kerstin Treydte, Gerhard H. Schleser, Fritz H. Schweingruber, Matthias Winiger, published by Stockholm University Press
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