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Title: Carbon storage in the mid-depth Atlantic during millennial-scale climate events: Mid-depth Atlantic Carbon Storage
Award ID(s):
1634719
PAR ID:
10033930
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
DOI PREFIX: 10.1029
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Paleoceanography
Volume:
32
Issue:
8
ISSN:
0883-8305
Page Range / eLocation ID:
780 to 795
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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