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Radiometric dating of the Ootun palaeosol and its implication for the age of the Shifting Sand in Ngorongoro Lengai Geopark (Arusha, Tanzania) Cover

Radiometric dating of the Ootun palaeosol and its implication for the age of the Shifting Sand in Ngorongoro Lengai Geopark (Arusha, Tanzania)

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|Dec 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/logos.2022.28.3.0003 | Journal eISSN: 2080-6574 | Journal ISSN: 1426-8981
Language: English
Page range: 203 - 215
Submitted on: Aug 31, 2022
Accepted on: Oct 23, 2022
Published on: Dec 30, 2022
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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