Articles | Volume 10, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-10-155-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-10-155-2014
Research article
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21 Jan 2014
Research article |  | 21 Jan 2014

An inter-laboratory investigation of the Arctic sea ice biomarker proxy IP25 in marine sediments: key outcomes and recommendations

S. T. Belt, T. A. Brown, L. Ampel, P. Cabedo-Sanz, K. Fahl, J. J. Kocis, G. Massé, A. Navarro-Rodriguez, J. Ruan, and Y. Xu

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