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A hitherto unknown river type from the Archaean at Bhurkuli (Jharkhand, E India) Cover

A hitherto unknown river type from the Archaean at Bhurkuli (Jharkhand, E India)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/logos-2017-0012 | Journal eISSN: 2080-6574 | Journal ISSN: 1426-8981
Language: English
Page range: 109 - 122
Submitted on: Oct 13, 2016
Accepted on: Jun 15, 2017
Published on: Sep 23, 2017
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