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    Radiocarbon – A Unique Tracer of Global Carbon Cycle Dynamics

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    Levin, Ingeborg
    Hesshaimer, Vago
    Issue Date
    2000-01-01
    Keywords
    global warming
    greenhouse effect
    world ocean
    gases
    climate
    cycles
    tracers
    carbon cycle
    geochemical cycle
    global change
    organic carbon
    human activity
    atmosphere
    tree rings
    C 14
    carbon
    isotopes
    radioactive isotopes
    carbon dioxide
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    Levin, I., & Hesshaimer, V. (2000). Radiocarbon – a unique tracer of global carbon cycle dynamics. Radiocarbon, 42(1), 69-80.
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    Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona
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    Radiocarbon
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10150/654565
    DOI
    10.1017/S0033822200053066
    Additional Links
    http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/
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    en
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    0033-8222
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1017/S0033822200053066
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