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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-5-295-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-5-295-2013
12 Aug 2013
 | 12 Aug 2013

Global database of surface ocean particulate organic carbon export fluxes diagnosed from the 234Th technique

F. A. C. Le Moigne, S. A. Henson, R. J. Sanders, and E. Madsen

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