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This paper reports the results of the first study aimed at determination of the age of landslides on the southern slope of the Psekhako Ridge and northern slope of the Aibga Ridge (Western Caucasus) using radiocarbon dating of organic material incorporated into the landslide body.
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Original Russian Text © Yu.K. Vasil’chuk, E.S. Slyshkina, 2017, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Seriya 4: Geologiya, 2017, No. 1, pp. 45–48.
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Vasil’chuk, Y.K., Slyshkina, E.S. Radiocarbon dating of small landslides on the slopes of the Mzymta River valley. Moscow Univ. Geol. Bull. 72, 139–142 (2017). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0145875217020089
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