Climate and atmospheric history of the past 420,000 years from the Vostok ice core, Antarctica

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Year: 1999
Type: article
Volume: 399
Issue: 6735
Pages: 429-436
Citations: 6625
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                                    Jean‐Robert Petit, 
                                
                                    J. Jouzel, 
                                
                                    Dominique Raynaud
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1999). 
                            Climate and atmospheric history of the past 420,000 years from the Vostok ice core, Antarctica. 
                            Nature
                            , 399
                            (6735)
                            , 429-436.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/20859
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/20859