Transfer of organic Br and Cl from the biosphere to the atmosphere during the Cretaceous/Tertiary impact: Implications for the stratospheric ozone layer

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 207-214

  Kourtidis, K ^a  

^a School of Engineering   (Greece)

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EID: 14744295346     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-5-207-2005     Document Type: Article

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