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Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Niger Delta Cover

Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Niger Delta

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Volume 17 (2011): Issue 3 (September 2011)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10118-011-0008-3 | Journal eISSN: 2080-6574 | Journal ISSN: 1426-8981
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Language: English
Page range: 133 - 162
Published on: Oct 5, 2011
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
Niger Delta,
biostratigraphy,
sedimentology,
(mega)sequences,
cycles
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geology and mineralogy

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