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Hassan, S.M. (2013). Introduction. In: Sequence Stratigraphy of the Lower Miocene Moghra Formation in the Qattara Depression, North Western Desert, Egypt. SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences. Springer, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00330-6_1

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