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Late Quaternary surface circulation in the east equatorial South Atlantic: Evidence from Alkenone sea surface temperatures
Article first published online: 4 MAY 2010
DOI: 10.1029/94PA03308
Copyright 1995 by the American Geophysical Union.
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, , and (1995), Late Quaternary surface circulation in the east equatorial South Atlantic: Evidence from Alkenone sea surface temperatures, Paleoceanography, 10(2), 197–219, doi:10.1029/94PA03308.
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- Issue published online: 4 MAY 2010
- Article first published online: 4 MAY 2010
- Manuscript Accepted: 13 DEC 1994
- Manuscript Received: 28 APR 1994
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