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- 339
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- 6225
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- 532-534
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W. Dansgaard,
James W. C. White,
S. J. Johnsen
(1989).
The abrupt termination of the Younger Dryas climate event.
Nature
, 339
(6225)
, 532-534.
https://doi.org/10.1038/339532a0
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- 10.1038/339532a0