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WACALIB version 2.1 — a computer program to reconstruct environmental variables from fossil assemblages by weighted averaging

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    J. M. Line

  2. Botanical Institute, University of Bergen, Allégaten 41, N-5007, Bergen, Norway

    H. J. B. Birks

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Line, J.M., Birks, H.J.B. WACALIB version 2.1 — a computer program to reconstruct environmental variables from fossil assemblages by weighted averaging. J Paleolimnol 3, 170–173 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00414070

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