Paleolimnological records of climatic change in North America

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 882-889

  Fritz, Sherilyn C ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0029799451     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.5.0882     Document Type: Article

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