Long-term evolution of the global carbon cycle: historic minimum of global surface temperature at present

Siegfried Franck; Konrad J. Kossacki; Werner von Bloh; Christine Bounama

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v54i4.16669

Long-term evolution of the global carbon cycle: historic minimum of global surface temperature at present

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 54 (2002): Issue 4

By: Siegfried Franck, Konrad J. Kossacki, Werner von Bloh and Christine Bounama

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