The Carbon Isotopic Composition of Atmospheric Methane and its Constraint on the Global Methane Budget

Stable Isotopes and Biosphere - Atmosphere Interactions

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 288-310

  Miller, John B ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84882508221     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088447-6/50016-7     Document Type: Chapter

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