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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-3455-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-3455-2013
Research article
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01 Jun 2013
Research article |  | 01 Jun 2013

Low vertical transfer rates of carbon inferred from radiocarbon analysis in an Amazon Podzol

C. A. Sierra, E. M. Jiménez, B. Reu, M. C. Peñuela, A. Thuille, and C. A. Quesada

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