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1145:Average
1135:(−11.4)
1090:(−11.6)
1085:(−12.8)
1080:(−11.6)
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746:(−12.8)
741:(−14.1)
736:(−12.7)
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413:Holocene
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328:dolomite
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1130:(−8.3)
1125:(−4.6)
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776:(−1.5)
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766:(−0.4)
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651:(−3.8)
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631:(14.7)
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596:(−3.3)
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153:Country
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1345:
1338:
1331:
1323:
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1227:Hiking
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1115:(0.5)
1110:(1.0)
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1357:JSTOR
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1204:(23)
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1159:(83)
1154:(81)
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1202:0.89
1197:1.32
1192:0.50
1187:0.87
1182:0.91
1177:0.60
1172:1.30
1167:1.60
1162:2.81
1157:3.25
1152:3.18
1138:20.1
1133:11.5
1128:17.1
1123:23.7
1118:30.4
1113:32.9
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1103:27.3
1098:18.7
1093:14.3
1088:11.1
1078:11.2
1068:30.4
1063:19.4
1058:25.9
1053:33.0
1048:41.0
1043:46.6
1038:47.5
1033:40.6
1028:29.4
1023:23.4
1018:20.4
1013:17.6
1008:19.5
998:40.7
993:27.3
988:34.7
983:42.4
978:51.7
973:60.3
968:61.3
963:54.0
958:40.2
953:32.4
948:29.6
943:26.3
938:27.9
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924:Nov
921:Oct
918:Sep
915:Aug
912:Jul
909:Jun
906:May
903:Apr
900:Mar
897:Feb
894:Jan
863:2.88
858:0.83
853:1.49
848:0.47
843:1.00
838:0.98
833:0.69
828:1.35
823:1.70
818:3.08
813:3.17
808:3.40
794:18.0
784:15.1
779:22.7
774:29.3
769:30.4
764:31.2
759:24.9
754:16.3
749:11.7
724:28.3
719:17.2
714:23.9
709:32.0
704:39.7
699:44.3
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689:38.5
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679:20.9
674:17.9
669:15.0
664:17.7
654:38.6
649:25.1
644:32.8
639:41.3
634:50.0
629:58.5
624:59.5
619:52.1
614:37.7
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599:23.4
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734:9.2
294:by
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