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As a follow-up of mineralogical studies (Irion and Petr, this volume), soils and sediments of the Purari catchment were also analysed for their elemental composition.
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Petr, T., Irion, G. (1983). Geochemistry of soils and sediments of the Purari River basin. In: Petr, T. (eds) The Purari — tropical environment of a high rainfall river basin. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 51. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7263-6_7
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