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Author contributions
R.P. conceived the work, performed experiment and isotopic analysis in Geochemical lab; contributed to the
organization of the manuscript; wrote the main manuscript text.B.M. performed statistical analysis; contributed
and wrote the manuscript; prepared Figures 1–6 and Tables 1–2. Genovese Simona participated to sampling;
performed the lab analysis. R.T. participated to sampling; contributed to the organization of manuscript. M.S.
contributed to the organization of manuscript. B.G. participated to sampling. Gherardi Serena performed lab and
isotopic analysis. B.P. participated to sampling. A.F. participated to sampling, contributed to the organization of
manuscript. B.A. contributed to the organization of manuscript and wrote the main manuscript text. In dif erent
way, all the authors contributed to paper writing.
competing interests
T e authors declare no competing interests.

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