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Climate change impacts natural radiation levels in sediment layers, study finds.

Hu'nan Shifan Daxue xuebao. Ziran kexue ban
A Study on the Dose-Rate of Holocene Sediment in the Middle Part of the Loess Tableland
Zhou Ya-li

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