Articles | Volume 15, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4777-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4777-2018
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09 Aug 2018
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Comment on “The origin of methane in the East Siberian Arctic Shelf unraveled with triple isotope analysis” by Sapart et al. (2017)

Katy J. Sparrow and John D. Kessler

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