Reconstructing central African hydroclimate over the past century using freshwater bivalve shell geochemistry

Kelemen, Zita; Gillikin, David P.; Bouillon, Steven

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Reconstructing central African hydroclimate over the past century using freshwater bivalve shell geochemistry

Zita Kelemen, David P. Gillikin, and Steven Bouillon

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