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Evaluating the dominant components of warming in Pliocene climate simulations
D. J. Hill
A. M. Haywood
D. J. Lunt
S. J. Hunter
F. J. Bragg
C. Contoux
C. Stepanek
N. A. Rosenbloom
W.-L. Chan
A. Abe-Ouchi
M. A. Chandler
G. Lohmann
B. L. Otto-Bliesner
G. Ramstein
H. Ueda
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