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Title: Permafrost Organic Carbon Mobilization From the Watershed to the Colville River Delta: Evidence From 14 C Ramped Pyrolysis and Lignin Biomarkers
NSF-PAR ID:
10047286
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DOI PREFIX: 10.1029
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Geophysical Research Letters
Volume:
44
Issue:
22
ISSN:
0094-8276
Page Range / eLocation ID:
p. 11,491-11,500
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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