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Trace Metals in the Catchment, Loch and Sediments of Lochnagar: Measurements and Modelling

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Lochnagar: The Natural History of a Mountain Lake

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  4. Environmental Change Research Centre, University College London, Pearson Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom

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Tipping, E., Yang, H., Lawlor, A.J., Rose, N.L., Shotbolt, L. (2007). Trace Metals in the Catchment, Loch and Sediments of Lochnagar: Measurements and Modelling. 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_15

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