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Middle Jurassic–Early Cretaceous foraminiferal biozonation of the Amran Group, eastern Sana’a Basin, Yemen Cover

Middle Jurassic–Early Cretaceous foraminiferal biozonation of the Amran Group, eastern Sana’a Basin, Yemen

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|Sep 2017

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/logos-2017-0010 | Journal eISSN: 2080-6574 | Journal ISSN: 1426-8981
Language: English
Page range: 75 - 87
Submitted on: Oct 12, 2016
Accepted on: Apr 24, 2017
Published on: Sep 23, 2017
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
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