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COPSE: A new model of biogeochemical cycling over Phanerozoic time

Noam M. Bergman, Timothy M. Lenton and Andrew J. Watson
American Journal of Science May 2004, 304 (5) 397-437; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/ajs.304.5.397

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