Statistical properties of groundwater noble gas paleoclimate models: Are they robust and unbiased estimators?

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Sun, Tie ^a   Hall, Chris M ^a   Castro, Maria Clara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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Hydroclimatology; Hydrology; Noble gases; Paleoclimate

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EID: 77249087092     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002717     Document Type: Article

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