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Seasonal Variation and Age of Radioactive Fall-Out

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PARKER, R., CROOKALL, J. Seasonal Variation and Age of Radioactive Fall-Out. Nature 190, 574–576 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/190574a0

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