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Petrographic and mineralogical characteristics of diagenetic overprinting in Neoproterozoic diamictites from Murchisonfjorden, Nordaustlandet, Svalbard Cover

Petrographic and mineralogical characteristics of diagenetic overprinting in Neoproterozoic diamictites from Murchisonfjorden, Nordaustlandet, Svalbard

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mipo-2025-0004 | Journal eISSN: 1899-8526 | Journal ISSN: 1899-8291
Language: English
Page range: 23 - 33
Submitted on: Nov 26, 2024
Accepted on: Feb 15, 2025
Published on: Mar 28, 2025
Published by: Mineralogical Society of Poland
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