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CREST (Climate REconstruction SofTware): a probability density function (PDF)-based quantitative climate reconstruction method
M. Chevalier
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Institut des Sciences de l'Évolution de Montpellier, UMR 5554, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique/Université Montpellier 2, Bat. 22, CC061, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, CEDEX 5, France
R. Cheddadi
Institut des Sciences de l'Évolution de Montpellier, UMR 5554, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique/Université Montpellier 2, Bat. 22, CC061, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, CEDEX 5, France
B. M. Chase
Institut des Sciences de l'Évolution de Montpellier, UMR 5554, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique/Université Montpellier 2, Bat. 22, CC061, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, CEDEX 5, France
Department of Archaeology, History, Culture and Religion, University of Bergen, P.O. Box 7805, 5020 Bergen, Norway
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