Atmospheric methane and millennial-scale climate change

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 112, Issue , 1999, Pages 165-175

  Brook, Edward J ^a   Harder, Susan ^a   Severinghaus, Jeff ^b   Bender, Michael ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85040237799     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM112p0165     Document Type: Chapter

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