A geophysiologist's thoughts on the natural sulphur cycle

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 352, Issue 1350, 1997, Pages 143-147

  Lovelock, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; GOES;

AEROSOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; SULPHUR CYCLE;

EID: 0031434147     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0009     Document Type: Article

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