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Effect of the Ordovician paleogeography on the (in)stability of the climate
LSCE – Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, UMR8212 – CNRS-CEA-UVSQ, CEA Saclay, Orme des Merisiers, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
Y. Donnadieu
LSCE – Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, UMR8212 – CNRS-CEA-UVSQ, CEA Saclay, Orme des Merisiers, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
G. Le Hir
IPGP – Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Université Paris7-Denis Diderot, 1 rue Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
J.-F. Buoncristiani
Laboratoire Biogéosciences, UMR/CNRS 6282, Université de Bourgogne, 6 Bd Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France
E. Vennin
Laboratoire Biogéosciences, UMR/CNRS 6282, Université de Bourgogne, 6 Bd Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France
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