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31 Jan 2014
Research article |
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Biogeochemical variability during the past 3.6 million years recorded by FTIR spectroscopy in the sediment record of Lake El'gygytgyn, Far East Russian Arctic
C. Meyer-Jacob
Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden
Institute of Geological Sciences & Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 1 + 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 49a, 50674 Cologne, Germany
A. C. Gebhardt
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Columbusstraße, 27515 Bremerhaven, Germany
V. Wennrich
Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 49a, 50674 Cologne, Germany
M. Melles
Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 49a, 50674 Cologne, Germany
P. Rosén
Climate Impacts Research Centre (CIRC), Abisko Scientific Research Station, 981 07 Abisko, Sweden
Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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