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Zhong, W., Ma, Q., Xue, J. et al. Humification degree as a proxy climatic record since the last deglaciation derived from a limnological sequence in South China. Geochem. Int. 49, 407–414 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016702911040094
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