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Tuero Chico is a small village located along the Rio Pilcomayo of southern Bolivia.
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Miller, J.R., Mackin, G., Orbock Miller, S.M. (2015). Introduction. In: Application of Geochemical Tracers to Fluvial Sediment. SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13221-1_1
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