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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1651-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1651-2018
Research article
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15 May 2018
Research article |  | 15 May 2018

Where is the 1-million-year-old ice at Dome A?

Liyun Zhao, John C. Moore, Bo Sun, Xueyuan Tang, and Xiaoran Guo

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