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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-1963-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-1963-2013
Research article
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20 Mar 2013
Research article |  | 20 Mar 2013

Impact of an abrupt cooling event on interglacial methane emissions in northern peatlands

S. Zürcher, R. Spahni, F. Joos, M. Steinacher, and H. Fischer

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