Elevated weathering rates in the Rocky Mountains during the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum
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M. ELLIOT SMITH1*, ALAN R. CARROLL1 AND ERICH R. MUELLER2 Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St., Madison WI 53706, USA Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA *Current address: Department of Geology, Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, California 94928, USA †e-mail: [email protected]
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