Astronomically paced changes in deep-water circulation in the western North Atlantic during the middle Eocene

@article{Vahlenkamp2018AstronomicallyPC,
  title={Astronomically paced changes in deep-water circulation in the western North Atlantic during the middle Eocene},
  author={Maximilian Vahlenkamp and Igor Niezgodzki and D. Vleeschouwer and Torsten Bickert and Dustin T. Harper and Sandra Kirtland Turner and Gerrit Lohmann and Philip F. Sexton and James C. Zachos and Heiko P{\"a}like},
  journal={Earth and Planetary Science Letters},
  year={2018},
  volume={484},
  pages={329-340}
}
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