Analytical pyrolysis and stable isotope analyses reveal past environmental changes in coralloid speleothems from Easter Island (Chile)
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Chromatography A
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0021-9673
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2016.07.038