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The carbonate-silicate geochemical cycle and its effect on atmospheric carbon dioxide over the past 100 million years
Robert A. Berner, Antonio C. Lasaga and Robert M. Garrels
American Journal of Science September 1983, 283 (7) 641-683; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/ajs.283.7.641
Robert A. Berner
Antonio C. Lasaga


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American Journal of Science
Vol. 283, Issue 7
1 Sep 1983
The carbonate-silicate geochemical cycle and its effect on atmospheric carbon dioxide over the past 100 million years
Robert A. Berner, Antonio C. Lasaga, Robert M. Garrels
American Journal of Science Sep 1983, 283 (7) 641-683; DOI: 10.2475/ajs.283.7.641
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