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Southern Ocean ventilation inferred from seasonal cycles of atmospheric N2O and O2/N2 at Cape Grim, Tasmania Cover

Southern Ocean ventilation inferred from seasonal cycles of atmospheric N2O and O2/N2 at Cape Grim, Tasmania

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|Jan 2005

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Language: English
Page range: 218 - 229
Submitted on: May 10, 2004
Accepted on: Nov 25, 2004
Published on: Jan 1, 2005
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2005 C. D. Nevison, R. F. Keeling, R. F. Weiss, B. N. Popp, X. Jin, P. J . Fraser, L. W. Porter, P. G. Hess, published by Stockholm University Press
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