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01 Oct 1997
| 01 Oct 1997
200 Year interruption of Holocene sapropel formation in the Adriatic Sea
E. J. Rohling
Department of Oceanography, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire SO14 3ZH, UK
F. J. Jorissen
Département de Géologie et Océanographie, CNRS URA 197, Université de Bordeaux I, Avenue des Facultés, 33405 Talence Cedex, France
H. C. De Stigter
Department of Geology, Utrecht University, Institute of Earth Science, PO Box 80.021, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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