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PalaeoArc: Processes and Palaeo-environmental Changes in the Arctic - from Past to Present

Mineral and isotopic (Nd, Sr) signature of fine-grained deglacial and Holocene sediments from the Mackenzie Trough, Arctic Canada

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Pages 346-367 | Received 01 Dec 2021, Accepted 14 Jun 2022, Published online: 11 Aug 2022

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