New perspectives on African biomass burning dynamics

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Volumn 88, Issue 38, 2007, Pages 369-370

  Roberts, Gareth J ^a   Wooster, Martin I ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON EMISSION;

EID: 36048955081     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007EO380001     Document Type: Article

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