Articles | Volume 11, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-5637-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-5637-2014
Research article
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14 Oct 2014
Research article |  | 14 Oct 2014

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

C. Zell, J.-H. Kim, M. Balsinha, D. Dorhout, C. Fernandes, M. Baas, and J. S. Sinninghe Damsté

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