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Stratigraphic expression of Earth's deepest δ13C excursion in the Wonoka Formation of South Australia

Jon M. Husson, Adam C. Maloof, Blair Schoene, Christine Y. Chen and John A. Higgins
American Journal of Science January 2015, 315 (1) 1-45; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/01.2015.01

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