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Lochnagar: The Natural History of a Mountain Lake

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Rose, N.L., Metcalfe, S.E., Benedictow, A.C., Todd, M., Nicholson, J. (2007). National, International and Global Sources of Contamination at Lochnagar. In: Rose, N.L. (eds) Lochnagar: The Natural History of a Mountain Lake. Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3986-7_13

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