End-Permian ozone shield unaffected by oceanic hydrogen sulphide and methane releases

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 247-252

  Harfoot, Michael B ^a   Pyle, John A ^a   Beerling, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 63149166776     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo154     Document Type: Article

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