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Letter to the Editor: Comment on “a test of annual resolution in stalagmites using tree rings”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Andy Baker  and
Dominique Genty
Andy Baker*
Affiliation:
Centre for Land Use and Water Resources Research University of Newcastle NewcastleNE1 7RU, UK
Dominique Genty
Affiliation:
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’EnvironnementLSCE UMR CEA/CNRS 1572 Bat 709L’Orme des Merisiers CEA Saclay 91 191Gif sur Yvette cedex, France
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*Corresponding author. Fax: +44-191-222-5421. Email Address:andy.baker@ncl.ac.uk
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Quaternary Research , Volume 59 , Issue 3 , May 2003 , pp. 476 - 478
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