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Natural variability and anthropogenic effects in a Central Mediterranean core
S. Alessio
Dipartimento di Fisica Generale dell'Università, and Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario (IFSI–INAF), Turin, Italy
G. Vivaldo
Dipartimento di Fisica Generale dell'Università, and Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario (IFSI–INAF), Turin, Italy
C. Taricco
Dipartimento di Fisica Generale dell'Università, and Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario (IFSI–INAF), Turin, Italy
M. Ghil
Geosciences Department & Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (CNRS and IPSL), Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences & Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1565, USA
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Mathias Trachsel and Richard J. Telford
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