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34 - Stable isotopes from diatom silica

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

Melanie J. Leng
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NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
George E. A. Swann
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NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
John P. Smol
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Queen's University, Ontario
Eugene F. Stoermer
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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The Diatoms
Applications for the Environmental and Earth Sciences
, pp. 575 - 589
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