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The atmospheric CH4 increase since the Last Glacial Maximum

JéÔme A. ChappellazNASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 2880 Broadway, New York NY10025, USA;NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 916, Greenbelt MD 20771, USA
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Inez Y. FungNASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 2880 Broadway, New York NY10025, USA
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Anne M. ThompsonCNRS Laboratoire de Glaciologie, BP 96, 38402 St Martin d’Heres Cedex, FRANCE.
Pages 228-241 | Received 27 Mar 1992, Accepted 09 Nov 1992, Published online: 18 Jan 2017

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