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Reconstruction of past climates from stable isotope records of palaeo-precipitation preserved in continental archives

Reconstitution des climats passés à partir de résultats d'isotopes stables des paléo-précipitations conservées dans les archives continentals

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Pages 725-745 | Received 03 Apr 1996, Accepted 09 Feb 1997, Published online: 25 Dec 2009

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