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Impact of the North American monsoon on isotope paleoaltimeters: Implications for the paleoaltimetry of the American southwest

Alexis Licht, Jay Quade, Andrew Kowler, Marie de los Santos, Adam Hudson, Andrew Schauer, Katharine Huntington, Peter Copeland and Timothy Lawton
American Journal of Science January 2017, 317 (1) 1-33; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/01.2017.01

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