The impact of Miocene atmospheric carbon dioxide fluctuations on climate and the evolution of terrestrial ecosystems

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Publication date

  2008-01-15

• Fields of study

  Geology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1073/pnas.0708588105PMID 18174330PMCID PMC2206556
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