Direct link between iceberg melt and diatom  productivity demonstrated in Mid-Pliocene  Amundsen Sea interglacial sediments

Furlong, Heather; Scherer, Reed Paul

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Direct link between iceberg melt and diatom productivity demonstrated in Mid-Pliocene Amundsen Sea interglacial sediments

Heather Furlong and Reed Paul Scherer

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