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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-4497-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-4497-2012
Research article
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14 Nov 2012
Research article |  | 14 Nov 2012

Stratigraphy and paleoenvironments of the early to middle Holocene Chipalamawamba Beds (Malawi Basin, Africa)

B. Van Bocxlaer, W. Salenbien, N. Praet, and J. Verniers

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