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The Ituwa Surge deposits of the Holocene Ngozi caldera, Mbeya Region, Tanzania

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  1. Department of Geology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Pretoria, 0028, South Africa

    Nils Lenhardt & Gert-Jan Peeters

  2. Geological Survey of Tanzania, Ministry of Energy and Minerals, P.O. Box 903, Dodoma, Tanzania

    Athanas S. Macheyeki

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Lenhardt, N., Peeters, GJ. & Macheyeki, A.S. The Ituwa Surge deposits of the Holocene Ngozi caldera, Mbeya Region, Tanzania. Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) 104, 749–751 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-014-1113-7

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