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14 Oct 2014
Research article |
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Transport of branched tetraether lipids from the Tagus River basin to the coastal ocean of the Portuguese margin: consequences for the interpretation of the MBT'/CBT paleothermometer
NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Marine Organic Biogeochemistry, P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, the Netherlands
J.-H. Kim
NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Marine Organic Biogeochemistry, P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, the Netherlands
M. Balsinha
Marine Geology Division, Portuguese Hydrographic Institute, Lisbon, Portugal
D. Dorhout
NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Marine Organic Biogeochemistry, P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, the Netherlands
C. Fernandes
Marine Geology Division, Portuguese Hydrographic Institute, Lisbon, Portugal
M. Baas
NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Marine Organic Biogeochemistry, P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, the Netherlands
J. S. Sinninghe Damsté
NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Marine Organic Biogeochemistry, P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, the Netherlands
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