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30 Jul 2016
| 30 Jul 2016
Approaches and constraints to the reconstruction of palaeoproductivity from Cape Basin abyssal benthic foraminifera (South Atlantic)
Paula Diz
Department of Geociencias Marinas y Ordenación del Territorio, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad de Vigo, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310, Vigo, Spain
Stephen Barker
School of Earth and Ocean Science, Cardiff University, Cardiff C10 3AT, UK
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